Install CS-Cart with LAMP on Ubuntu 18.04 – Google Cloud

Install CS-Cart with LAMP on Ubuntu 18.04 – Google Cloud.

This guide, explains the steps to install CS-Cart with LAMP on Ubuntu 18.04.

This setup is tested on Google Cloud Platform, so this guide can be used on any other cloud hosting services or VPS or Dedicated server running Ubuntu.

Prerequisites

• A running Compute Engine, see the Setting up Compute Engine Instance with Ubuntu 18.04
• Initial Ubuntu Server Set up.
• Install LAMP stack on Ubuntu in Google Cloud.
• A running Cloud SQL instance, see How to set up Cloud SQL in Google Cloud

With the above-completed prerequisites I assume you have your Apache, PHP installed and Cloud SQL is configured.

Set up your Website Directory

Your website will be located in the home directory and have the following structure

Replace yourdomainname.com with your original domain name.

home
 -- yourdomainname.com
 ---- logs
 ---- public

The public directory is your website’s root directory and logs directory for your error logs

Now we create these directories and set correct permissions

You need to SSH into your VM Instance and run these commands

mkdir -p yourdomainname.com/logs yourdomainname.com/public
sudo chmod -R 755 yourdomainname.com

Download CS-Cart

Once you have your Ubuntu server set up in Google Compute Engine, you can download CS-Cart from their official website.

There is no direct download link available, so you are required to use an email address to receive a download link.

Upload CS-Cart Package to Google Compute Engine

Now you can upload the downloaded CS-Cart zip file to your VM Instance by once of the following methods.

Upload the file to this directory /home/username/yourdomainname.com/public

• Use FileZilla to transfer files to VM Instance (Recommended).
• Upload CS-Cart to Google Cloud Storage and transfer to VM Instance.
• Upload using Cloud Shell.

Extract the CS-Cart Zip

Once you have uploaded the zip file you can proceed to extract the file. So move to the uploaded folder and extract it. Replace the version number with the one you have downloaded.

cd /home/username/yourdomainname.com/public
sudo unzip cscart_v4.9.3.sp1.zip -d /home/username/yourdomainname.com/public

Set up correct permissions.

sudo chown -R username /home/username/yourdomainname.com/public
sudo chmod -R 755 /home/username/yourdomainname.com/public

Configure Apache

Create a new configuration for your website.

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

Paste the following.

 <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
     DocumentRoot /home/username/yourdomainname.com/public/
     ServerName yourdomainname.com
     ServerAlias www.yourdomainname.com

     <Directory /home/username/yourdomainname.com/public/>
          Options FollowSymlinks
          AllowOverride All
          Order allow,deny
          allow from all
     </Directory>
    
     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log 
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost *:80>

Hit Ctrl+X followed by Y and Enter to save the file and exit.

Enable Apache Configuration and Rewrite Module

sudo a2ensite yourdomainname.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite

Finally restart Apache.

sudo service apache2 restart

Now visit your domain name in the web browser, you will see the installation page of CS-Cart.

Enter the Cloud SQL details and follow the instructions carefully and click Install.

For MySQL server host enter Cloud SQL IP Address

Wait for the installation to complete.

Then you can login with the credentials you have created with the installation wizard.

Conclusion

Now you have learned how to install CS-Cart on your Ubuntu server in Google Cloud.

Thanks for your time. If you face any problem or any feedback, please leave a comment below.