OsCommerce

About OsCommerce

Quote from http://www.oscommerce.org/ :

osCommerce is the leading Open Source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free under the GNU General Public License. It features a rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, license fees, or limitations involved.

Installing backend (apache2, php4, mysql)

First, we need to install apache. Then both mod_php, that comes with the package php, and mysql, then do some quick setup. Don't forget to add the apache2 USE flag.

# emerge -av php mysql

register_globals (/srv/www/shop/.htaccess)

And in /etc/mysql/my.cnf, set:

datadir         = /srv/mysql

Be sure to create /srv.

# mkdir /srv

Create the mysql database, set the proper permissions on it and start it!

# ebuild /var/db/pkg/dev-db/mysql-4.0.23/mysql-4.0.23.ebuild config
# /etc/init.d/mysql start
# /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'

If it denies access, such as:

error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'

You might want to try with -p, which will prompt you for the previous password.

# /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password'

Main instalation

Retriving

main page:

wget http://www.oscommerce.com/redirect.php/go,34

sourceforge:

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tep/oscommerce-2.2ms2-060817.tgz?modtime=1155775512&big_mirror=0

unpack to /srv/www/shop/

chmod a+r /srv/www/shop/* -Rv
chmod -v a+x `find /srv/www/shop/ -type d`

Initial configuring

Alias /shop /srv/www/shop
<Directory /srv/www/shop/>
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all
</Directory>

chmod 777 /srv/www/shop/images
chmod 706 /srv/www/shop/includes/configure.php
chmod 706 /srv/www/shop/admin/includes/configure.php
chmod 777 /srv/www/shop/admin/backups (create if doesn't exist)

Optional

chmod 666 /srv/www/shop/includes/languages/polish/mainpage.php
chmod 777 /srv/www/shop/admin/images/graphs

insert into counter (startdate, counter) values ('20050116', '0');
http://myhost.mydomain.net/shop/
localhost, root, new-password, dbname, persistent, database

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://host.mydomain.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://host.mydomain.com'); 

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://host.mydomain.com');
define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://host.mydomain.com');
define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://host.mydomain.com');

Configuration and securing

<Directory /srv/www/shop/admin>
   AllowOverride None
   AuthType Basic
   AuthName "My Shop"
   AuthUserFile /srv/www/pass
   AuthGroupFile /srv/www/group
   Require group shop
</Directory>

shop: user1 user2

htpasswd -c /srv/www/pass user1
htpasswd /srv/www/pass user2

rm -rv /srv/www/shop/install
chmod 704 /srv/www/shop/includes/configure.php
chmod 704 /srv/www/shop/admin/includes/configure.php

Login to administration panel with admin@localhost.pl admin

rc-update add mysql default