FoodCoopShop is a web application that allows food cooperatives to manage their inventory, members, and orders. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing FoodCoopShop on an Ubuntu Server.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:
To begin, connect to your server using SSH and update its packages using the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
The FoodCoopShop requires several packages to run. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-client mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-xml php-mbstring php-intl git
During the installation process, you will be prompted to set a password for the MySQL root user. Choose a strong password and remember it.
We need to create a new MySQL database and user account for FoodCoopShop. Log in to the MySQL shell using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the password you set earlier when prompted. Once you are logged in, create a new database, user, and password by running the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE foodcoopshop;
CREATE USER 'foodcoopshop'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON foodcoopshop.* TO 'foodcoopshop'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Composer is a popular dependency manager for PHP. Install it using the following commands:
cd /tmp
sudo curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
Clone the FoodCoopShop repository from Github. Run the following command to do so:
sudo git clone https://github.com/foodcoopshop/foodcoopshop.git /var/www/html/
Wait for the repository to be cloned.
Making changes to the configuration files is very important to run the FoodCoopShop application smoothly. Copy the sample configuration file by using the following commands
sudo cp /var/www/html/app/Config/database.php.default /var/www/html/app/Config/database.php
sudo cp /var/www/html/app/Config/app.php.default /var/www/html/app/Config/app.php
sudo cp /var/www/html/app/Config/email.php.default /var/www/html/app/Config/email.php
Now we need to edit the app.php file to make changes in the FoodCoopShop configuration file. Run the following command:
sudo nano /var/www/html/app/Config/app.php
Make these changes in the app.php:
'Security' => [
'salt' => 'my salted phrase', // Change this to a long, unique phrase
],
'Session' => [
'defaults' => 'php',
'timeout' => 86500, // Change this value to a larger number
],
With this change save and exit from the editor.
To install the required dependencies for FoodCoopShop, go to the root directory of the project and run the following command:
cd /var/www/html
sudo composer install --no-dev
To make FoodCoopShop accessible from a web browser, you need to set up an Apache virtual host.
Create a new configuration file for your virtual host:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/foodcoopshop.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/app/webroot
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
<Directory /var/www/html/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Change the domain name and email address with your own domain name and email address of your choice.
Activate the virtual host:
sudo a2ensite foodcoopshop.conf
Finally, reload the Apache webserver:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Once you have successfully installed and configured FoodCoopShop on your Ubuntu server, you can log in to the application by visiting your server's domain or IP address in a web browser.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install FoodCoopShop on an Ubuntu Server. This web application is an excellent tool for managing food cooperatives' inventory and orders. If you need more assistance in FoodCoopShop, please visit the official website's documentation page.
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