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osCommerce on Fedora 13
- Deprecated guides:
- Ubuntu 9.10
- Debian 5
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osCommerce is an open source solution for creating your own online store. It runs on a LAMP stack and is a strong alternative to Magento, which can be difficult to administer for some.
Before installing osCommerce, it is assumed that you have followed our Setting Up and Securing a Compute Instance . If you are new to Linux server administration, you may be interested in our introduction to Linux concepts guide , beginner’s guide and administration basics guide . Additionally, osCommerce requires Apache, MySQL, and PHP to be installed. We assume you’ve followed our Fedora LAMP guide .
Installation
Prerequisites
Make sure your package repositories and installed programs are up to date by issuing the following command:
yum update
Before installing osCommerce, you’ll need to install an additional PHP package as well as the unzip
and wget
tools. Run the following commands:
yum install unzip php-gd wget
service httpd restart
Installing osCommerce is straightforward and simple. cd
into your document root directory and download the latest version of osCommerce. You can find the latest version available on the osCommerce website
. Run the following commands to install osCommerce in the document root of your website:
cd /srv/www/example.com/public_html
wget http://www.oscommerce.com/ext/oscommerce-2.2rc2a.zip
unzip oscommerce-2.2rc2a.zip
mv oscommerce-2.2rc2a/catalog/* .
If you want to install osCommerce in a subdirectory, simply cd
into that subdirectory before downloading and unzipping the package. Now we’ll create a database for osCommerce, as well as a user for the new database:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE oscommerce;
CREATE USER oscom;
GRANT ALL ON oscommerce.* TO 'oscom' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
exit;
Lastly, change the permissions on the following two configure.php
files to allow the online setup process to work:
chmod 777 admin/includes/configure.php includes/configure.php
Web Configuration
At this point you can finish the rest of the installation process through your web browser. Point your browser to the domain or IP of the osCommerce install and append /install/
to the end. In our example, the URL would be http://www.example.com/install/
. You’ll be prompted to fill in your database details. Use “localhost” for the address of the database server, and the credentials from the user and database we created above. The rest of the installation process is self explanatory. After the installation you’ll be able to see your store as well as the administrative interface.
Post Installation
After the installation, certain files need to be removed or renamed for security reasons. First, we need to remove the installation folder:
rm -rf /srv/www/example.com/public_html/install
Change the permissions on configure.php
to prevent security issues:
chmod 644 /srv/www/example.com/public_html/includes/configure.php
Change the permissions of the images
and graphs
directory to be accessible by the server:
chmod -R 777 images/
chmod -R 777 admin/images/graphs
Finally, change the permissions of the backups
directory to be accessible by the server:
chmod -R 777 admin/backups
From here you can begin customizing your store. The default index page will give you instructions on where to begin. You can also check our “More Information” section below.
SSL Certificates
You may want to install a commercial SSL certificate on your store to encrypt the data sent from your customer to your server. After Obtaining a Commercial SSL Certificate
, you’ll need to make a couple of changes to your includes/configure.php
file. Below is an example section from that file that highlights the changes you need to make:
- File: /srv/www/example.com/public\\_html/includes/configure.php
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// Define the webserver and path parameters // * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical) // * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL) define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.example.com'); // eg, http://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://example.com'); // eg, https://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers define('ENABLE_SSL', true); // secure webserver for checkout procedure? define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.example.com'); define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'example.com); define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/'); define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/'); define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/'); define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');
It should be noted that in this example, the certificate was issued without the www
qualifier. Your specific requirements may require tweaking.
Monitor for Software Updates and Security Notices
When running software compiled or installed directly from sources provided by upstream developers, you are responsible for monitoring updates, bug fixes, and security issues. After becoming aware of releases and potential issues, update your software to resolve flaws and prevent possible system compromise. Monitoring releases and maintaining up to date versions of all software is crucial for the security and integrity of a system.
Please monitor the osCommerce security forums and mailing lists to ensure that you are aware of all updates to the software and can upgrade appropriately or apply patches and recompile as needed:
When upstream sources offer new releases, repeat the instructions for installing the osCommerce software as needed. These practices are crucial for the ongoing security and functioning of your system.
More Information
You may wish to consult the following resources for additional information on this topic. While these are provided in the hope that they will be useful, please note that we cannot vouch for the accuracy or timeliness of externally hosted materials.
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