Configuration After Imaging

Install Software

Install OpenCart?, and touch up its permissions/ownerships.

wget http://opencart.googlecode.com/files/opencart_v1.5.1.3.1.zip
mkdir OpenCart
cd OpenCart
unzip ../opencart_v1.5.1.3.1.zip
mv upload/* /var/www/
cd /var/www/
chown -R www-data.www-data *
chmod 755 admin/config.php
chmod 755 config.php
chmod 755 download/
chmod 755 system/logs
chmod 755 system/cache
chmod 755 image/data
chmod 755 image/cache/
chmod 755 image/

Setup the Database

• As root, stop the running mysql server:

  /etc/init.d/mysql stop
  

• Start a mysql server with the --skip-grant-tables option, backgrounding it. This starts a version of the MYSQL server that does not care about password protection.

  mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
  

• Start the mysql client with the -u root option.

  mysql -u root
  

• Change root's password (from all networks), and delete the opencart user.

  UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('fai') WHERE User='root';
  DELETE from mysql.user WHERE User='myopencart';
  \q
  

• Foreground the mysql thats running, kill it, and launch a mysql we can add a user to.

  fg
  ^C
  /etc/init.d/mysql start
  

• Add a myopencart user, and a myopencart database.

  mysql -u root -p
  fai
  CREATE USER 'myopencart'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'fai';
  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'myopencart'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
  CREATE DATABASE myopencart;
  \q
  

Setup PHP

• Open your php.ini file (at /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini) and add this command:

  extension=curl.so
  

• Restart Apache, to make the changes take effect.

  /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
  

Setup the Software

• Open your browser, and go to /index.php on the target machine.

Step 1

• Click the checkbox next to 'I agree to the license', and click the 'Continue' button.

Step 2

• All the checkmarks should be green, and all the statuses should be writeable. Click the 'Continue' button.

Step 3

• For 'User:', use the 'myopencart' username, with a password of 'fai' to match the above added user.
• use the 'myopencart' database name, to match the above added database.
• use a valid email address for the admin user, along with a password.

Remove Install Directory

rm -rf /var/www/install/

Make OpenCart? Visible

rm /var/www/index.html

Adding Items

• Click on catalog->products. this brings up the 'Products' page.
• Click on the 'Insert' button.

• Fill in 'Product Name' in the general tab.
• Fill in 'model number' in the data tab.
• Hit the 'Save' button. this creates the item.

• Now hit the 'edit' link in the 'action' column, on the right hand side of the item being edited.
• Click the 'image' tab. hit the 'add image' button, then clik on the picture of a camera. this brings up the 'image manager'.
• Click 'upload' to open your operating system's file select interface. select a single less than 300K jpg, to represent your item.
• DoubleClick? an image to select it for the item. (yes, this caught me by surprise)
• Hit 'Save' to save your item, with picture.