This article describes steps one can take to install and use Shopware eCommerce on Ubuntu Linux with Apache support.
Shopware is an eCommerce platform that helps you run your online shops. It has everything you need to build an eCommerce website to sell your products and comes with features sets that enable a robust online store with impressive user experience.
Whether you’re creating an eCommerce website for personal use or building a robust business online portal, Shopware can help you create and manage your content and products efficiently on every device with its minimalist and modern user and admin interface.
For more on Shopware CMS, please visit its home page
How to install Shopware on Ubuntu Linux with Apache support
As described above, Shopware is an eCommerce platform that helps you run your online shops. It has everything you need to build an eCommerce website to sell your products and comes with features sets that enable a robust online store with impressive user experience.
Below is how to install on Ubuntu Linux with Apache support.
Install Apache2 HTTP Server on Ubuntu
Apache2 HTTP Server is the most popular web server in use. So, install it since Shopware needs it.
To install Apache2 HTTP on Ubuntu 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 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
To test Apache2 setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see Apache2 default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Apache2 is working as expected.
Install MariaDB Database Server
MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers to use with Magento. To install MariaDB run the commands below.
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
After installing MariaDB, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable MariaDB service to always 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 18.04 and 18.10 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service sudo systemctl start mariadb.service sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
After that, run the commands below to secure MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access.
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
Restart MariaDB server
To test if MariaDB is installed, type the commands below to logon to MariaDB server
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then type the password you created above to sign on. if successful, you should see MariaDB welcome message
Install PHP 7.2 and Related Modules
PHP 7.2 may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. in order to install it, you will have to get it from third-party repositories.
Run the commands below to add the below third-party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.2
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-gmp php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-mysql php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip
After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open PHP default config file for Apache2.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini
Then make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below are great settings to apply in your environments.
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
After making the change above, save the file and close out.
After installing PHP and related modules, all you have to do is restart Apache2 to reload PHP configurations.
To restart Apache2, run the commands below
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
To test PHP 7.2 settings with Apache2, create a phpinfo.php file in Apache2 root directory by running the commands below
sudo nano /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
Then type the content below and save the file.
<?php phpinfo( ); ?>
Save the file. then browse to your server hostname followed by /phpinfo.php
/phpinfo.php
You should see PHP default test page.
Create Shopware Database
Now that you’ve installed all the packages that are required for Shopware to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First run the commands below to create a blank Shopwaredatabase.
To logon to MariaDB database server, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then create a database called shopware
CREATE DATABASE shopware;
Create a database user called shopwareuser with new password
CREATE USER 'shopwareuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON shopware.* TO 'shopwareuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Download Shopware Latest Release
To get Shopware latest release you may want to use Github repository. Install Composer, Curl and other dependencies to get started.
sudo apt install curl git curl -sS | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
After installing curl and Composer above, change into the Apache2 root directory and downaload Shopware packages from Github.
cd /var/www/html sudo composer create-project shopware/composer-project shopware --no-interaction --stability=dev cd /var/www/html/shopware sudo ./app/install.sh sudo ./app/post-install.sh
The install.sh command above should provide you with series of prompts. use the guide below to complete:
Hi there! We need to configure your shop before proceeding any further, please complete the following fields -------------------------- Database settings -------------------------- Enter your database host (default: 127.0.0.1): localhost Enter your database name (default: swcomposer): shopware Enter your database username (default: shopware): shopwareuser Enter your database password (default: shopware): database_user_password Enter your database port number (default: 3306): -------------------------- Admin settings -------------------------- Admin username (default: demo): admin Admin password (default: demo): admin_user_password Admin name (default: John Doe): Admin User Admin email (default: [email protected]): [email protected] -------------------------- Shop settings -------------------------- Enter your shop URL incl. protocol and path (default: Would you like to install demo data? (Y/n) y
After running the above commands, run the commands below to set the correct permissions for Shopware to function.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/shopware/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/shopware/
Configure Apache2
Finally, configure Apahce2 site configuration file for Shopware. This file will control how users access Shopware content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called shopware.conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/shopware.conf
Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your own domain name and directory root location.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/shopware
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/shopware/>
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 Shopware and Rewrite Module
After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below
sudo a2ensite shopware.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite
To load all the settings above, restart Apache2 by running the commands below.
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Then open your browser and browse to the server to connect to shopware portal.
/
You should see Shopware eCommerce portal for you.
Congratulation! You have successfully installed Shopware on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and may work on upcoming 18.10.
In the future when you want to upgrade to a new released version, simply run the commands below to upgrade.
Update the version number of /var/www/html/shopware/composer.json in the composer.json, e.g. from 5.4.0 to 5.4.1 after this version has been released:
sudo nano /var/www/html/shopware/composer.json
Then update the version number.
"require": {
"shopware/shopware": "5.4.1",
.
Then run composer update to have Composer update the installed version of Shopware to the new version. Do not forget to commit the new composer.lock file to your project afterwards.
cd /var/www/html/shopware/ sudo composer update
That’s it!
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