sylius Installation Guide Installation Guide

sylius is a free and open-source e-commerce framework. Sylius provides e-commerce framework based on Symfony

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 10GB 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 sylius 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 sylius
sudo dnf install -y sylius

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

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

# Verify installation
sylius --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install sylius
sudo apt install -y sylius

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

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 80

# Verify installation
sylius --version

bash

# Install sylius
sudo pacman -S sylius

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

# Verify installation
sylius --version

bash

# Install sylius
apk add --no-cache sylius

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

# Verify installation
sylius --version

bash

# Install sylius
sudo zypper install -y sylius

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

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

# Verify installation
sylius --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install sylius

# Start service
brew services start sylius

# Verify installation
sylius --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install sylius

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

# Start service
service sylius start

# Verify installation
sylius --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install sylius

# Or using Scoop
scoop install sylius

# Verify installation
sylius --version

bash

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

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

# Test configuration
sylius --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable sylius

# Start service
sudo systemctl start sylius

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop sylius

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart sylius

# Check status
sudo systemctl status sylius

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u sylius -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add sylius default

# Start service
rc-service sylius start

# Stop service
rc-service sylius stop

# Restart service
rc-service sylius restart

# Check status
rc-service sylius status

bash

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

# Start service
service sylius start

# Stop service
service sylius stop

# Restart service
service sylius restart

# Check status
service sylius status

bash

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

# Check status
brew services list | grep sylius

powershell

# Start service
net start sylius

# Stop service
net stop sylius

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

# Check status
Get-Service sylius

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream sylius_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:80;
}

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

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

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

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://sylius_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 sylius.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://sylius.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

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

haproxy

frontend sylius_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/sylius.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend sylius_backend

backend sylius_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server sylius1 127.0.0.1:80 check

bash

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

# 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 sylius

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u sylius -f

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

bash

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

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

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

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop sylius

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

# Start service
sudo systemctl start sylius

1. Service won't start:

bash

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

# Check configuration
sylius --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/sylius

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 sylius)

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

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 80

yaml

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

Maintenance

bash

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

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

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu sylius

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade sylius

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update sylius

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade sylius

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

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart sylius

Regular Maintenance

bash

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.sylius.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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