How to setup Qloapps on AWS

Simranpal Singh

14 February 2023

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Qloapps on AWS EC2.

What is Qloapp

Qloapps has been designed according to the latest hospitality technology in the world. It delivers a unique guest experience with an intuitive and user-friendly website.

Prerequisites –

1- Ubuntu-20.04 instance

2- SSH access of the root users or any user with full privileges is mandatory.

Step 1 – Log in to your EC2 instance

Take the ssh access of the EC2 instance with the below command

1	ssh -i pem.key ubuntu@IP_address

Step 2 – Install the Apache web server

Log in to the root user to update the packages and then install the APACHE web server:-

sudo -i

apt update -y

apt install apache2 -y

Step 3 – Install the PHP 8.1 version

In order to install the PHP 8.1 version, follow the below commands:-

However, Make sure all the packages are updated or upgraded on the server:-

1 2	apt update -y apt -y upgrade

Add Ondřej Surý PPA repository

1	apt install lsb-release ca-certificates apt-transport-https software-properties-common -y

1	add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Note – Further, this command will ask for input. Just press <Enter> to continue.

Update the repository with the below command:-

1	apt update -y

Now install PHP 8.1 on Ubuntu. Run the below command:-

1 2	apt install php8.1

Install all PHP extensions and dependencies with the below command:-

1 2	apt install php8.1-{bcmath,xml,fpm,mysql,zip,intl,ldap,gd,cli,bz2,curl,mbstring,pgsql,opcache,soap,cgi}

Further, Check the PHP version and PHP modules with the below commands:-

php -v

php -m

Now, make some changes in the PHP variable values with the below commands:

1	sed -i "s/memory_limit = .*/memory_limit = 1024/" /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini

1	sed -i "s/post_max_size = .*/post_max_size = 1024M/" /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini

1	sed -i "s/max_execution_time = .*/max_execution_time = 1024M/" /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini

1 2	sed -i "s/upload_max_filesize = .*/upload_max_filesize = 500M/" /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini

After the PHP changes, make sure to restart the apache service.

1	systemctl restart apache2

Step 4 – Installation of MariaDB Database server

Note- We have two options for managing the Database service with our website.

case1:- we can manage the database service from the localhost with the following commands:-

Run the below command for the Maraidb server installation:-

1	apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client -y

Then, Check the status of the MariaDB server with the below commands:-

1	systemctl status mariadb

Start and stop the MariaDB server with the below commands:-

1	systemctl stop mariadb

1	systemctl start mariadb

Once MariaDB is installed, run the below command to configure the database configurations:-

1	mysql_secure_installation

Note – Choose the default option and set the MariaDB root password.

When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.

Enter current password for root (enter for none): Press Enter
Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
New password: Enter the new password
Re-enter new password: Enter the new password
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
Remove the test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y

Restart the MariaDB service after the configurations:-

1	systemctl restart mariadb

case2:- Or, We can also use the AWS service (RDS) for managing the database service.

Amazon RDS makes it easy to use replication to enhance availability and reliability for production workloads.

Amazon’s Relational Database Service is a cloud-native database platform that is truly awesome and a real opportunity to save time, eliminate the hassle and improve performance.

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

The below command is used for connectivity with the RDS database:-

1 2	mysql -u username -p -h [endpoint] CREATE DATABASE shopware;

Step 5 – Create the database and DB user:-

First, go to the MySQL Shell and run the below commands:-

mysql

1 2	create database qloapp;

Further, create the DB user for qloapps

1 2	CREATE USER 'admin'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'admin@123';

Then, grant the privileges to the user for managing the database.

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON qloapp.* TO ‘admin’@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘admin@123’;

Now, save all the changes and exit from the MySQL shell with the below command:-

1	FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

Step 6 – Download the latest release v1.5.2 Qloapp:-

For installation of qloapp, we need to install git with the below commands:-

1	apt install git -y

Now, Go to the default document root folder to download the project of Qloapp. Follow the below steps:- Before Downloading, make sure unzip command is installed on Server.

1	cd /var/www/html

1	git clone -b v1.5.2 https://github.com/webkul/hotelcommerce

Provide the default permission for normal functions:-

1	chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/hotelcommerce

1	chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/hotelcommerce

Step 7 – Configure the Virtual host of apache2 :-

Now, we have to set the apache2 virtual host for managing the qloapp content with the below commands:-

1	vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/qloapp.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/hotelcommerce
ServerName your_domain_name
<Directory /var/www/html/hotelcommerce/>
Options +FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Now, exit from the vi editor and run the below command:-

1	a2ensite qloapp.conf

1	a2enmod rewrite

Restart the Apache2 webserver service with the following command:-

1	systemctl restart apache2

Now, your qloapp is configured successfully, open the browser and check with the domain URL.

http://your_domain_name

**Great, Your Qloapp website is successfully installed on ubuntu-20.04**

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