CS-Cart is a powerful eCommerce platform for online sellers to sell and manage their product inventories. It has all you need to create and manage an online store, with its powerful product management modules. If you’re looking for a high-performance, SEO-friendly eCommerce CMS platform, you’ll find CS-Cart to be useful. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install CS-Cart on Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10 and 18.04 LTS with Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP support. This post covers installing the latest version of CS-Cart, which at the time of writing is 4.7.4.

How to install CS-Cart on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx support

As described above, CS-Cart is a powerful eCommerce platform for online sellers to sell and manage their product inventories. It has all you need to create and manage an online store, with its powerful product management modules. Below is how to install it on Ubuntu Linux.

Install Nginx

CS-Cart requires a webserver to function and the second most popular web server in use today is Nginx. So, go and install Nginx on Ubuntu by running the commands below: Next, run the commands below to stop, start and enable the Nginx service to always start up with the server boots.

Install MariaDB

CS-Cart also requires a database server to function. and MariaDB database server is a great place to start. To install it run the commands below. After installing MariaDB, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the MariaDB service to always start up when the server boots. Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Run these on Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 LTS After that, run the commands below to secure the MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access. 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

PHP 7.2-FPM may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. 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-FPM Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules. After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open the PHP default config file for Nginx. Then make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below is great setting to apply in your environments. After making the change above, save the file and close.

Create CS-Cart Database

Now that you’ve installed all the packages that are required, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create the CS-Cart database. Run the commands below to log on to the database server. When prompted for a password, type the root password you created above. Then create a database called cscart Create a database user called cscartuser with a new password Then grant the user full access to the database. Finally, save your changes and exit.

Download CS-Cart Latest Release

Next, visit the CS-Cart site and register for a free account. You must register before you’re allowed to download a copy. https://www.cs-cart.com/download-cs-cart.html After downloading, run the commands below to extract the download file into the Nginx root directory. Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for CS-Cart to function.

Configure Nginx

Finally, configure the Apahce2 site configuration file for CS-Cart. This file will control how users access CS-Cart content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called cscart 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. Save the file and exit.

Enable the CS-Cart

After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name followed by install. You should see the CS-Cart setup wizard complete. Please follow the wizard carefully. Then enter the database information as well as the site administrator login credentials, then click Install Wait and CS-Cart should install successfully. Log in and begin using your program. Enjoy.