Aimeos is an open-source eCommerce platform that can be used to build online stores, marketplaces, and B2B applications. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Aimeos on Windows 11.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following software installed on your computer:
First, download the latest release of Aimeos from the official website at https://aimeos.org/get. Extract the downloaded archive to a directory on your computer, such as C:\xampp\htdocs\aimeos.
Next, we need to install the dependencies required by Aimeos. Open the command prompt and navigate to the Aimeos directory using the cd command. Once you're in the directory, run the following command to install the necessary PHP packages:
composer install
This command will download and install all the required packages listed in the composer.json file.
Create a new MySQL or MariaDB database for Aimeos. You can use any database management tool, such as phpMyAdmin, to create the database. Make sure to note down the database name, username and password as we'll need them later.
Before we can start using Aimeos, we need to configure it. Copy the file config/default.php to config/site.php, which will be used for site-specific configuration. Edit the config/site.php file and enter your database credentials, with the following values:
return array(
'adm' => array(
'name' => 'myadminusername',
'password' => 'mypassword',
),
'resource' => array(
'db' => array(
'adapter' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => '3306',
'database' => 'mydatabasename',
'username' => 'mydatabaseusername',
'password' => 'mypassword',
'stmt' => array("SET SESSION sort_buffer_size=2097144;"),
),
),
);
Replace myadminusername and mypassword with any username and password you want to use to log in to the Aimeos administration interface. Then, replace mydatabasename, mydatabaseusername, and mypassword with the database name, username, and password you created earlier.
We need to create an Apache Virtual host for the Aimeos installation. Open the Apache configuration file httpd.conf located at C:\xampp\apache\conf.
Add the following lines to the end of the file:
# Aimeos Virtual Host Configuration
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs\aimeos"
ServerName aimeos.local
ErrorLog "logs/aimeos-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/aimeos-access.log" common
<Directory "C:\xampp\htdocs\aimeos">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace C:\xampp\htdocs\aimeos with the directory where you extracted the Aimeos archive. Also replace aimeos.local with a domain name that you want to use to access Aimeos in your web browser.
Start the Apache and MySQL services and open your web browser. Enter the domain name you specified earlier in step 5 into the address bar. You should see the Aimeos installer.
Follow the prompts on the installer to complete the installation. Once the installation is complete, you can log in to the administration interface using the username and password you specified in step 4.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Aimeos on Windows 11. You should now have a working installation of Aimeos that you can use to build your eCommerce applications.
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