OpenCart is a free and open-source e-commerce platform used to build online stores. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install OpenCart on Ubuntu Server latest version.
Before installing OpenCart on Ubuntu Server, you will need:
To download the latest version of OpenCart, visit the OpenCart website and click the download button. The latest version will be downloaded to your computer in a ZIP archive.
Once the download is complete, upload the ZIP archive to your Ubuntu Server using your preferred method (FTP, SCP or SFTP).
You need a web server and PHP packages installed to install OpenCart. Run the following command on your Ubuntu server:
sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
This will install the Apache web server, PHP packages and the PHP MySQL extension.
To install MySQL, run the following command:
sudo apt install mysql-server mysql-client
During the installation process, you will be prompted to set the root user password.
Log in to your MySQL server:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Type your MySQL root password when prompted.
Create a database named opencart:
CREATE DATABASE opencart;
Create a new MySQL user with a password:
CREATE USER 'opencartuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Grant the user permissions to access the database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON opencart.* TO 'opencartuser'@'localhost';
Unzip the OpenCart ZIP archive you uploaded earlier to the /var/www directory:
sudo unzip opencart-*.zip -d /var/www/
Rename the extracted directory to opencart and give ownership to the installation directory:
sudo mv /var/www/upload/ /var/www/opencart/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/opencart
Open a browser and navigate to http://your_server_ip/opencart.
Choose the English language and click Continue.
Verify the system requirements and click Continue.
Enter the database information you created earlier and click Continue.
Enter the store details, admin account details, and other relevant details and click Continue.
Click Installation Complete on the final page.
Now that the OpenCart installation is complete, you should delete the install directory to prevent anyone from installing a fresh copy of OpenCart and gaining access to your data:
sudo rm -rf /var/www/opencart/install/
That's it! You've successfully installed OpenCart on your Ubuntu Server. You can now start designing and managing your online store.
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