oscommerce Installation Guide Installation Guide

oscommerce is a free and open-source online shop. osCommerce provides online shop e-commerce solution

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 1GB minimum

Storage: 5GB for data

Network: HTTP/HTTPS

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 80 (default oscommerce port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install oscommerce
sudo dnf install -y oscommerce

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now oscommerce

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
oscommerce --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install oscommerce
sudo apt install -y oscommerce

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now oscommerce

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 80

# Verify installation
oscommerce --version

bash

# Install oscommerce
sudo pacman -S oscommerce

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now oscommerce

# Verify installation
oscommerce --version

bash

# Install oscommerce
apk add --no-cache oscommerce

# Enable and start service
rc-update add oscommerce default
rc-service oscommerce start

# Verify installation
oscommerce --version

bash

# Install oscommerce
sudo zypper install -y oscommerce

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now oscommerce

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
oscommerce --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install oscommerce

# Start service
brew services start oscommerce

# Verify installation
oscommerce --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install oscommerce

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'oscommerce_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service oscommerce start

# Verify installation
oscommerce --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install oscommerce

# Or using Scoop
scoop install oscommerce

# Verify installation
oscommerce --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/oscommerce

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
oscommerce --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable oscommerce

# Start service
sudo systemctl start oscommerce

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop oscommerce

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart oscommerce

# Check status
sudo systemctl status oscommerce

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u oscommerce -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add oscommerce default

# Start service
rc-service oscommerce start

# Stop service
rc-service oscommerce stop

# Restart service
rc-service oscommerce restart

# Check status
rc-service oscommerce status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'oscommerce_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service oscommerce start

# Stop service
service oscommerce stop

# Restart service
service oscommerce restart

# Check status
service oscommerce status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start oscommerce
brew services stop oscommerce
brew services restart oscommerce

# Check status
brew services list | grep oscommerce

powershell

# Start service
net start oscommerce

# Stop service
net stop oscommerce

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service oscommerce
Stop-Service oscommerce
Restart-Service oscommerce

# Check status
Get-Service oscommerce

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream oscommerce_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:80;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name oscommerce.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name oscommerce.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/oscommerce.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/oscommerce.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://oscommerce_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName oscommerce.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://oscommerce.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName oscommerce.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/oscommerce.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/oscommerce.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:80/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:80/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend oscommerce_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/oscommerce.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend oscommerce_backend

backend oscommerce_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server oscommerce1 127.0.0.1:80 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R oscommerce:oscommerce /etc/oscommerce
sudo chmod 750 /etc/oscommerce

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status oscommerce

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u oscommerce -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep oscommerce)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/oscommerce"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/oscommerce-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/oscommerce /var/lib/oscommerce

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/oscommerce-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop oscommerce

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/oscommerce/oscommerce-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start oscommerce

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u oscommerce -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/oscommerce/oscommerce.log

# Check configuration
oscommerce --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/oscommerce

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 80

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 80

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep oscommerce)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep oscommerce)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 80

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  oscommerce:
    image: oscommerce:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/oscommerce
      - ./data:/var/lib/oscommerce
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update oscommerce

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade oscommerce

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu oscommerce

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade oscommerce

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update oscommerce

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade oscommerce

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/oscommerce-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/oscommerce

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart oscommerce

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/oscommerce

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/oscommerce -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/oscommerce

Official Documentation: https://docs.oscommerce.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/oscommerce/oscommerce

Community Forum: https://forum.oscommerce.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.oscommerce.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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