Sylius is an open-source e-commerce platform that can be easily installed on Ubuntu Server Latest. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Sylius on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before installing anything new on the server, it's recommended to update the existing packages. To update Ubuntu, SSH into the server and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
This command will update the package list and upgrade the existing packages.
Sylius requires some packages to be installed on the server. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt-get install -y curl zip unzip git wget build-essential libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libfreetype6-dev libzip-dev libwebp-dev libxpm-dev libonig-dev libicu-dev
This command will install all the required packages.
Sylius requires PHP 7.3 or above. To install PHP, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-fpm php7.4-common php7.4-mysql php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-zip php7.4-bcmath php7.4-intl php7.4-json php7.4-dev
This command will install PHP 7.4 along with all the required extensions and packages.
Sylius requires a database to store its data. MySQL can be used for this purpose. To install and configure MySQL, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server
Once the installation is complete, run the following command to secure the MySQL installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the instructions and secure the MySQL installation.
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. Sylius requires Composer to install its dependencies. To install and configure Composer, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y composer
Once the installation is complete, run the following command to configure Composer globally:
composer config --global --disable-tls true
This command will configure Composer globally.
To install Sylius, run the following command:
composer create-project sylius/sylius-standard projectname
Replace "projectname" with the name of your project. This command will create a new Sylius project.
Once the installation is complete, navigate to the project directory and run the following command to configure Sylius:
bin/console sylius:install
Follow the instructions and configure Sylius.
To start Sylius, run the following command:
symfony serve
This command will start Sylius.
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps required to install Sylius on Ubuntu Server Latest. Sylius is now ready to be used as an e-commerce platform.
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