Instaling opencart 3.0.3.8 on Ubuntu 20.04, PHP 7.4, Apache2.md

Instaling opencart 3.0.3.8 on Ubuntu 20.04, PHP 7.4, Apache2

Install PHP and its dependencies

sudo apt update

sudo apt -y install software-properties-common

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

 sudo apt update

 sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-xml php7.4-zip php7.4-gd php7.4-cli php7.4-fpm libapache2-mod-fcgid wget unzip -y

Create Database

sudo mysql -u root -p

 CREATE DATABASE opencart308_db;

CREATE USER 'new_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword';

 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON opencart308_db . * TO 'new_user'@'localhost';

 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

 exit;

Install Opencart

 wget https://github.com/opencart/opencart/releases/download/3.0.3.8/opencart-3.0.3.8.zip

 unzip opencart-3.0.3.8.zip

 sudo mkdir /var/www/html/opencart/upload

 mv upload/* /var/www/html/opencart/upload

 sudo cp /var/www/html/opencart/upload/{config-dist.php,config.php}

 sudo cp /var/www/html/opencart/upload/admin/{config-dist.php,config.php}

 sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/opencart/upload

 sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/opencart/upload

Configure Apache2

 sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/opencart.conf

add following to it

 <VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerAdmin admin@jk-deals.com

    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/opencart/upload/

    ServerName yourshop.com

    ServerAlias www.yourshop.com



    <Directory /var/www/html/opencart/upload/>

        Options FollowSymLinks

        AllowOverride All

        Order allow,deny

        Allow from all

    </Directory>



    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/yourshop.com-error_log

    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/yourshop.com-access_log common

 </VirtualHost>

 sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

 sudo a2ensite opencart.conf

 sudo a2enmod rewrite

 sudo systemctl restart apache2

Install Certbot

 sudo snap install core; sudo snap refresh core

 sudo apt remove certbot

 sudo snap install --classic certbot

 sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot

 certbot --apache --redirect -d yourshop -d www.yourshop.com -m admin@yourshop.com --agree-tos

NOTE: If root is changed after installing ssl there would be error in accessing the website so you have to modify files inside sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory

Firewall

 sudo ufw allow http

 sudo ufw allow https

 sudo systemctl restart apache2

Razorpay Payment Gateway Plugin

 wget https://github.com/razorpay/razorpay-opencart/archive/refs/tags/opencart3-1.0.5.zip 

 unzip opencart3-1.0.5.zip 

Install rsync if not

 sudo apt install rsync

Copy or merge files

 rsync -avh --progress razorpay-opencart-opencart3-1.0.5/ /var/www/html/opencart/upload/

Login to your admin panel, in extensions >> payments install, enable razorpay and add your credentials to start using it.

Visit your shop IP address