How to Install Shopware CE on Debian 9

Shopware is an open source eCommerce platform for online businesses. Shopware's source code is hosted on Github. This guide will show you how to install Shopware Community Edition (CE) on a fresh Debian 9 Vultr server instance.

Requirements

• PHP 5.6.4 or above with the following extensions:
  • ctype
  • curl
  • dom
  • hash
  • iconv
  • gd (with freetype and libjpeg)
  • json
  • mbstring
  • OpenSSL
  • session
  • SimpleXML
  • xml
  • zip
  • zlib
  • PDO/MySQL
• Nginx or Apache with mod_rewrite enabled, this guide will use Nginx
• MySQL 5.5.0 or above
• IonCube Loader version 5.0 (optional, but recommended)

Before you begin

Check the Debian version.

lsb_release -ds
# Debian GNU/Linux 9.4 (stretch)

Ensure that your system is up to date.

apt update && apt upgrade -y

Install necessary packages.

apt install -y sudo unzip wget curl vim

Create a new non-root user account with sudo access and switch to it.

adduser johndoe --gecos "John Doe"
usermod -aG sudo johndoe
su - johndoe

NOTE: Replace johndoe with your username.

Set up the timezone.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Install PHP

Install PHP 7.0 and required PHP extensions.

sudo apt install -y php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-fpm php7.0-common php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-zip php7.0-gd php7.0-xml php7.0-mbstring php7.0-opcache

Check the version.

php --version

# PHP 7.0.27-0+deb9u1 (cli) (built: Jan  5 2018 13:51:52) ( NTS )
# Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
# Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
#     with Zend OPcache v7.0.27-0+deb9u1, Copyright (c) 1999-2017, by Zend Technologies

Install IonCube Loader

Download IonCube Loader.

cd /tmp && wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz

Extract it.

tar xfz ioncube_loaders_lin_*.gz

Find the PHP extensions directory on the system by running the commands below.

php -i | grep extension_dir
# extension_dir => /usr/lib/php/20151012 => /usr/lib/php/20151012

Copy the ionCube Loader into the PHP extensions directory.

sudo cp /tmp/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so /usr/lib/php/20151012

Include the loader via the PHP configuration.

sudo vim /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini

Then add a line in the file to include ionCube loader. It can be anywhere in the file below the [PHP] line.

zend_extension = /usr/lib/php/20151012/ioncube_loader_lin_7.0.so

Save the file and restart php-fpm.

sudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm.service

Install MariaDB and setup the database

Install MariaDB.

sudo apt install -y mariadb-server

Check the version.

mysql --version && sudo mysqld --version

# mysql  Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.1.26-MariaDB, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2
# mysqld  Ver 10.1.26-MariaDB-0+deb9u1 for debian-linux-gnu on x86_64 (Debian 9.1)

Run mysql_secure installation to improve MariaDB security and set the password for the MariaDB root user.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Connect to MariaDB shell as the root user.

sudo mysql -u root -p
# Enter password

Create an empty MariaDB database and user for Shopware, and remember the credentials.

CREATE DATABASE dbname;
GRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Install and configure Nginx

Install Nginx.

sudo apt install -y nginx

Check the version.

sudo nginx -v
# nginx version: nginx/1.10.3

Run sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/shopware.conf and configure Nginx for Shopware.

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    server_name example.com; # Check this
    root /var/www/shopware; # Check this

    index shopware.php index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /shopware.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location /recovery/install {
      index index.php;
      try_files $uri /recovery/install/index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock; # Check this
    }
}

Save the file and exit.

Activate the new shopware.conf configuration by linking the file to the sites-enabled directory.

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/shopware.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Test the configuration.

sudo nginx -t

Reload Nginx.

sudo systemctl reload nginx.service

Install Shopware

Create a document root directory.

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/shopware

Change ownership of the /var/www/shopware directory to johndoe.

sudo chown -R johndoe:johndoe /var/www/shopware

Download the latest release of Shopware.

cd /var/www/shopware
wget http://releases.s3.shopware.com.s3.amazonaws.com/install_5.4.5_6847c0845f0f97230aa05c7294fa726a96dda3ff.zip?_ga=2.133696968.774684214.1529926951-1771999509.1528830594 -O shopware.zip
unzip shopware.zip
rm shopware.zip

NOTE: Update the download URL if there is a newer release.

Change ownership of the /var/www/shopware directory to www-data.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/shopware

Increase memory_limit = 256M and upload_max_filesize = 6M, and set allow_url_fopen = On if not already set in /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini.

sudo vim /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini

After making changes in /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini, reload php7.0-fpm.service

sudo systemctl reload php7.0-fpm.service

Open your domain/IP in a web browser and follow the installation wizard. The backend of Shopware is located at /backend: http://example.com/backend.

You have successfully installed Shopware. Enjoy your new online shop.