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How to Install Sylius on OpenSUSE Latest

Sylius is a flexible, open-source e-commerce solution built on top of Symfony. It is designed to be easy to install and extend, making it a popular choice for online businesses. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Sylius on OpenSUSE latest.

Prerequisites

• A server or virtual machine running OpenSUSE latest.
• SSH access.

Step 1 - Update the Server

Before installing Sylius, it is important to ensure that the server is up to date. To do this, open a terminal session and run the command:

sudo zypper update

This will update all installed packages on the server.

Step 2 - Install LAMP Stack

Sylius requires a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack to be installed. To install LAMP stack run the command:

sudo zypper install apache2 mariadb php7 php7-mysql php7-mbstring php7-iconv php7-ctype php7-json php7-zip php7-curl php7-intl php7-xmlwriter php7-xmlreader

During the installation, you will be prompted to enter a root password for the MariaDB server.

Step 3 - Configure MariaDB

Next, we need to configure the MariaDB database. Run the following command to start the setup:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Follow the prompts to configure your MariaDB installation.

Step 4 - Create a Database for Sylius

After configuring MariaDB, we need to create a database for Sylius. Run the following command to open the MariaDB console:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter the root password when prompted, then run the following commands to create a new database and grant access to the user 'sylius' with password 'secret':

CREATE DATABASE sylius;
GRANT ALL ON sylius.* TO 'sylius'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secret';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 5 - Download Sylius

To download Sylius, navigate to the directory where you want to install Sylius and run:

sudo curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer

sudo mkdir /var/www/sylius
sudo chown wwwrun:www /var/www/sylius
cd /var/www/sylius

sudo -u wwwrun composer create-project sylius/sylius .

Step 6 - Configure Sylius

After installing Sylius, we need to configure it to use our database. To do this, run the following command to open the configuration file:

nano .env

Change the following lines in the file:

DATABASE_URL=mysql://sylius:secret@localhost/sylius

Step 7 - Configure Apache

To configure Apache to serve Sylius, we need to create a new virtual host configuration. Run the following command to open a new configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/sylius.conf

Add the following virtual host configuration to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/sylius/public

    <Directory /var/www/sylius/public>
        DirectoryIndex index.php
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/sylius_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/sylius_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file when done.

Step 8 - Enable the New Virtual Host

After creating the virtual host configuration, we need to enable it with the following command:

sudo a2ensite sylius.conf

Step 9 - Restart Apache

After enabling the virtual host, we need to restart Apache for the changes to take effect.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 10 - Access Sylius

At this point, Sylius should be up and running. Open a web browser and navigate to the server's IP address or domain name to access the Sylius installation page.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have installed Sylius on your OpenSUSE latest server. Sylius is now ready to be configured and customized to meet your e-commerce needs.

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