S-Cart is an open-source e-commerce platform that allows you to create and manage your online store. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing S-Cart on OpenBSD.
Before you begin, make sure you have a running instance of OpenBSD with root access.
Before you start installing any new software, it's a good idea to update your system:
sudo pkg_add -u
S-Cart requires a few dependencies to run properly. You can install them with the following command:
sudo pkg_add apache mysql php php-xml php-gd php-curl php-mbstring
Download the latest version of S-Cart from the official website:
wget https://github.com/s-cart/s-cart/archive/master.zip
Unzip the archive:
unzip master.zip
Move the extracted files to the root directory of your web server:
sudo mv s-cart-master/* /var/www/htdocs/
S-Cart uses a MySQL database to store information about your online store. You can install and configure it with the following commands:
sudo pkg_add mysql-server
sudo /usr/local/bin/mysql_install_db
sudo /etc/rc.d/mysql start
Secure MySQL server:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Create a new database and user for S-Cart:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE s_cart;
CREATE USER 's_cart'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YourPassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON s_cart.* TO 's_cart'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
You need to configure Apache to serve S-Cart on your domain or IP address. Open the httpd.conf configuration file:
sudo vi /etc/httpd.conf
Add the following lines:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs
ServerName example.com
<Directory "/var/www/htdocs">
Require all granted
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/www/logs/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace example.com with the domain name or IP address of your server. Save and close the file.
Restart Apache:
sudo /etc/rc.d/apache restart
You're now ready to run the S-Cart installation wizard. Open a web browser and go to http://example.com/install.
Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the installation process. You'll need to enter information about your MySQL database and create an admin account for S-Cart.
Once you've completed the installation process, you can log in to the admin panel and start configuring your online store.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install S-Cart on OpenBSD. With S-Cart, you can create a powerful and feature-rich online store that's easy to manage and customize.
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