OXID eShop is a powerful open-source eCommerce platform with everything you need to build an eCommerce website to sell your products online. It allows webmasters and online retailers to create great eCommerce portals with multilingual sites.
If you’re looking for a highly functional eCommerce platform to manage your online stores, you’ll find OXID eShop helpful. OXID eShop is built on an open-source core with support for open standards, which might be very useful in helping you run your digital stores.
This CMS platform is designed for ease of use to allow enterprises and business owners to collaborate and automate engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile.
For more about OXID eShop, please check their Homepage
This brief tutorial will show students and new users how to install OXID eShop on Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.10 and 18.04 LTS.
To get started with installing OXID eShop, follow the steps below:
Install Apache2 HTTP Server
OXID eShop requires a web server, and the Apache2 HTTP server is the most popular open-source web server available today. To install the Apache2 server, run the commands below:
sudo apt update sudo apt install apache2
After installing Apache2, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots.
sudo systemctl stop apache2.service sudo systemctl start apache2.service sudo systemctl enable apache2.service
Now that Apache2 is installed open your browser and browse to the URL below to test whether the web server is working.
http://localhost
If you see the page above, then Apache2 is successfully installed.
Install MariaDB Database Server
OXID eShop also requires a database server to store its content. MariaDB is a great place to start if you’re looking for a genuinely open-source database server. To install MariaDB run the commands below:
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
After installing MariaDB, the commands below can stop, start and enable the MariaDB service to start up when the server boots.
Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mysql.service sudo systemctl start mysql.service sudo systemctl enable mysql.service
Run these on Ubuntu 18.10 and 18.04 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service sudo systemctl start mariadb.service sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
Next, run the commands below to secure the database server with a root password if you were not prompted to do so during the installation.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.
- Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter
- Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
- New password: Enter password
- Re-enter new password: Repeat password
- Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
- Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
- Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y
- Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y
Once MariaDB is installed, run the commands below to test whether the database server was successfully installed.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Type the root password when prompted.
The server was successfully installed if you see a similar screen as shown above.
Install PHP 7.2 and Related Modules
OXID eShop is a PHP-based CMS, and PHP is required. However, PHP 7.2 may not be available in Ubuntu’s default repositories. To run PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 and previous, you may need to run the commands below:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2
sudo apt update
Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules.
sudo apt install php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-common php7.2-mysql php7.2-gmp php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-gd php7.2-bcmath php7.2-json php7.2-soap php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip
After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open the PHP default configuration file for Apache2.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini
The lines below are a good setting for most PHP-based CMS. Update the configuration file with these and save.
file_uploads = On allow_url_fopen = On short_open_tag = On memory_limit = 256M upload_max_filesize = 100M max_execution_time = 360 date.timezone = America/Chicago
Every time you make changes to the PHP configuration file, you should also restart the Apache2 web server. To do so, run the commands below:
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Once PHP is installed, create a test file called phpinfo.php in the Apache2 default root directory to test whether it’s functioning. ( /var/www/html/)
sudo nano /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
Then type the content below and save the file.
<?php phpinfo( ); ?>
Next, open your browser and browse to the server’s hostname or IP address, followed by phpinfo.php
http://localhost/phpinfo.php
You should see the PHP default test page.
Create OXID eShop Database
Once you’ve installed all the packages required for OXID eShop to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create a blank OXID eShop database.
To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then create a database called oxideshop
CREATE DATABASE oxideshop;
Create a database user called oxideshopuser with a new password
CREATE USER 'oxideshopuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON oxideshop.* TO 'oxideshopuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Download OXID eShop Latest Release
To get OXID eShop’s latest release, you may want to use the GitHub repository. Install Composer, Curl, and other dependencies to get started.
sudo apt install curl git curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
After installing curl and Composer above, change into the Apache2 root directory and download OXID eShop packages from Github. Always replace the branch number with the latest branch.
cd /var/www/html
sudo composer create-project --no-dev oxid-esales/oxideshop-project oxideshop dev-b-6.1-ce
Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for the OXID eShop root directory and give Apache2 control.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/oxideshop/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/oxideshop/
Configure Apache2
Finally, configure the Apahce2 site configuration file for OXID eShop. This file will control how users access OXID eShop content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called oxideshop.conf.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/oxideshop.conf
Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your domain name and directory root location.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/oxideshop/source
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/oxideshop/source/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save the file and exit.
Enable the OXID eShop and Rewrite Module
After configuring the VirtualHost above, please enable it by running the commands below.
sudo a2ensite oxideshop.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name. You should see OXID eShop setup wizard complete. Please follow the wizard carefully.
http://example.com/
Then follow the on-screen instructions. Verify that all requirements are met before continuing.
Next, select your location and language and continue.
Then type in the database info you created above and continue.
Validate the directory structure and continue. Also, create an admin account.
After that, OXID eShop should be installed and ready to use.
That’s it!
Congratulation! You have successfully installed OXID eShop CMS on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and 18.10.
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