How to setup cs-cart on AWS

kshitiz pathak

13 February 2023

You can host your own online store with ease using the straightforward and effective eCommerce platform known as CS-Cart.

However, it uses MariaDB/MySQL to store its data and is written in PHP.

Using the built-in online interface, you may sell products and simply manage product inventories. There is a free 30-day trial of CS-Cart, but there is no free version.

Many features are available with CS-Cart, including multi-store, integrated SEO, theme editor, layout editor, various payment systems, and many more.

It was created specifically for creating and maintaining a great shop of any size.

We will learn how to install CS-Cart on an Ubuntu 20.04 server in this guide. Let’s start the installation.

Requirements

OS – Ubuntu server 18.04 or higher
Database Server – MySQL version 4.1 or higher / MariaDB 5.5 or higher
Web server – Apache/Nginx
PHP – version 5.3 or higher

Step 1: Update & Upgrade The Apt Source List.

1	sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y

Step 2: Install LAMP Stack

Install Apache web server.

sudo apt-get install apache2 -y

sudo systemctl start apache2.service

sudo systemctl enable apache2.service

Database installation MySQL server

A database can be served from the local database server as well as through the AWS RDS.

Case 1: If you are using Local Database Server

1 2	sudo apt-get install mysql-server -y sudo systemctl enable mysql

Case 2: If you are using AWS RDS

Amazon RDS handles routine database tasks, such as provisioning, patching, backup, recovery, failure detection, and repair.

You do not need to worry about anything, everything is managed at the AWS end.

Firstly you have to launch an RDS and then configure it with your Ec2 instance.

Then, Install PHP using the Ondrej repository

sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install php8.0 libapache2-mod-php8.0 php8.0-common php8.0-sqlite3 php8.0-curl php8.0-intl php8.0-mbstring php8.0-xmlrpc php8.0-mysql php8.0-gd php8.0-xml php8.0-cli php8.0-zip php8.0-soap unzip -y

Open the php.ini file and make the following changes once all the packages have been installed.

1	sudo vim /etc/php/8.0/apache2/php.ini

Do the mentioned changes in the file.

memory_limit = 256M

upload_max_filesize = 150M

max_execution_time = 360

date.timezone = Asia/Kolkata

Save and close the file. Then restart the web server well as the database server.

1 2	sudo systemctl restart apache2 sudo systemctl restart mysql

Now, let’s move to the next part of configuring the database for the CS cart.

MySQL Configuration:

Please follow the instructions below if you are using a local database:

1	sudo mysql -u root -p

If it asks for the password, simply hit enter.

CREATE DATABASE cscartdb;

CREATE USER 'cscartuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'cscart';

GRANT ALL ON cscartdb.* TO 'cscartuser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

Follow the instructions below if you are using an AWS RDS:

sudo mysql -h yourrdsendpoint -u username -p

CREATE DATABASE cscartdb;

CREATE USER 'cscartuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'cscart';

GRANT ALL ON cscartdb.* TO 'cscartuser'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

Step 3: Install CS-cart

You should first download CS-Cart from their website in the most recent version. Click here to download.

When the download is successful, use the following command to extract the downloaded file:

Let’s create a directory with the name “cscart” inside the mentioned path below.

1	sudo mkdir /var/www/html/cscart

Now unzip the downloaded file in the previously created directory “cscart”.

1	sudo unzip cscart_v4.16.1_b2b.zip -d /var/www/html/cscart/

Next, give permission and ownership to the files and directories.

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

sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/cscart/

cd /var/www/html/cscart

sudo chmod 666 config.local.php

sudo chmod -R 777 design/ images/ var/

Also, run the below-mentioned commands.

find design -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 666

find images -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 666

find var -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 666

Let’s move to configure the web server for the SSL & domain configuration.

Step 4: Configuring Apache for the CS-Cart

We will use the default host file to host our CS cart. Use the below command to access the file.

1	vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

Then, do the required changes in the file according to your domain name.

ServerName kasumi.tk #Mentioned your domain name

ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot /var/www/html/cscart

We also have to set up the SSL for the domain to get secure. Please click here to know how to get letsencrypt certificates.

Once the certs are applied to the domain. You have to mention the certs path in the default SSL file and edit the file accordingly.

Now open apache.conf file and edit the mentioned lines.

1	vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

AllowOverride All

Require all granted

</Directory>

Then restart the web server.

1	sudo service apache2 restart

Once all the above configurations are done. Do proceed with the CS-cart installation. Hit your domain in your favorite browser and click on install.

After clicking on the install button agree to the terms and conditions and click on the “next step” button.

Once you will click on the “next step” button, you will be redirected to the page where you have to fill in your database credentials and then click on the “Install” button.

CS-cart installation will be started and then it will ask you to select the licensing mode, then you have to select “Trail” and if you have a key proceed with the default selection by entering your license key.

Now, click on the “select” button.

Woohoo! You have successfully installed and configured the Cs-cart. Now you can create your online store easily.

Note: Now there are some recommended steps that we have to take to protect our current installation and the source code.

First, remove the “install” directory from the root path.

1 2	cd /var/www/html/cscart/ rm -rf install/

It’s also advised to change the file permission. To change, run the below commands.

sudo chmod 644 config.local.php

sudo chmod 644 design/.htaccess images/.htaccess

sudo chmod 664 var/.htaccess var/themes_repository/.htaccess

sudo chmod 644 design/index.php images/index.php

sudo chmod 664 var/index.php var/themes_repository/index.php

To access the admin page and storefront. Use the below URLs with your domain.

1 2	https://yourdomain/admin.php #toacessadminpage https://yourdomain/ #toaccessstorefront

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