How to Install CS-Cart on CentOS 7.6

Installation of CS-Cart on CentOS 7.6

CS-Cart is an eCommerce shopping cart software tool written in PHP and uses MySQL database system. It is used for theme editor, layout editor, different payment system, multi-store, integrated SEO and many more. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of CS-cart on Centos 7.6

Requirements for CS-cart:

Apache

MariaDB

PHP and its modules

php-gd php-curl php-common php-mysql php-soap php-mysql php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-zip php-xml php-gd

Installation procedure

Check the CentOS version by using the following command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -q centos-release
centos-release-7-6.1810.2.el7.centos.x86_64

Configure the MySQL database. Log into MySQL as a root user and make the necessary settings.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 10
Server version: 5.5.60-MariaDB MariaDB Server
Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> create database cscartdb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> create user 'csuser'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc#4';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on cscartdb.* to 'csuser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> Ctrl-C -- exit!
Aborted

List out the files.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg        Desktop    Downloads             Music     Public              Templates
cscart_v4.9.3.SP1.zip  Documents  initial-setup-ks.cfg  Pictures  remi-release-7.rpm  Videos

[root@linuxhelp ~]# unzip cscart_v4.9.3.SP1.zip -d cscart
Archive:  cscart_v4.9.3.SP1.zip
  inflating: cscart/.htaccess        
  inflating: cscart/admin.php        
  inflating: cscart/api.php          
   creating: cscart/app/
  inflating: cscart/app/.htaccess    
   creating: cscart/app/Tygh/ 
.
.
 inflating: cscart/var/themes_repository/responsive/templates/views/tabs/components/product_tabs.tpl  
   creating: cscart/var/upgrade/
  inflating: cscart/var/upgrade/.htaccess  
  inflating: cscart/var/upgrade/restore.php  
   creating: cscart/var/snapshots/
  inflating: cscart/var/snapshots/4.9.3.sp1_ultimate_dist.php  
  inflating: cscart/copyright.txt   

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mv cscart /var/www/

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/cscart

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chmod -R 755 /var/www/cscart

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/cscart.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
        Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        documentroot /var/www/cscart
<directory /var/www/cscart>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd