How to Install OpenCart on Ubuntu 18.04

How to Install OpenCart on Ubuntu 18.04

1. Install Apache and PHP

To install the Apache web server, run the following command:

 sudo apt-get install apache2

After the installation is complete, you should enable Apache to start automatically.

 sudo systemctl enable apache2

check the status of your Apache service

 sudo systemctl status apache2

INSTALL PHP

 sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php
 sudo apt-get install php-cli php-common php-mbstring php-gd php-intl php-xml php-mysql php-zip
 php-curl php-xmlrpc

Restart the Apache web server to load the PHP modules:

 sudo systemctl restart apache2

Now check the PHP version installed on your server:

 php -v

Step 2: Install Mysql

 sudo apt install mysql-server 
 sudo mysql_secure_installation

when prompted press enter and provide the information.

3. Create a Database for OpenCart

Create MySQL database for OpenCart site. Log in to MySQL server with the following command and enter your MySQL root password:

 sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new MySQL database opencart and assign user access to it to a new user admin_user with the password Strong_Password:

 CREATE DATABASE opencart;
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON opencart.* TO 'admin_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Strong_Password';
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 exit;

4. Download the Latest Release of OpenCart

Download opencart from Github (v.3.0.3.1)

 sudo wget https://github.com/opencart/opencart/releases/download/3.0.3.1/opencart-3.0.3.1.zip
 sudo unzip opencart-3.0.3.1
 sudo mv upload/ /var/www/html/opencart
 sudo cd /var/www/html/opencart/
 sudo cp config-dist.php config.php
 sudo cp admin/config-dist.php admin/config.php

Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for OpenCart to function.

 sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/opencart/

5: Configure Apache2

Create the virtual host configuration file for your domain,your_domain.com:

 sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/your_domain.com.conf

Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the “your_domain.com” with own domain name and directory root location.

Activate the virtual host by creating a symbolic link :

 sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/your_domain.com.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/your_domain.com.conf

Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:

 sudo systemctl restart apache2

To access your OpenCart installation, you will need to type the following URL in your web browser:

http://your_domain.com/