This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to install DuckSell eCommerce platform on Ubuntu 18.04 | 16.04.
DuckSell is a free software platform built Laravel framework for anyone who wants to sell their digital products on their own website by delivering them securely to your customers.
With DuckSell, you can sell various types of digital downloads, for example: pdf, ebook, software, template, photo, music, video, audio, mp3 etc. DuckSell script automatically generates unique, secure download URL for every purchase made on the site.
If you’re looking for a functional, high performance software to sell your digital products via your online stores, you’ll find DuckSell to be useful. It can help you create and manage your content and products efficiently on every device with its minimalist and modern user and admin interface.
For more about DuckSell, please check its homepage
To get started with installing DuckSell, follow the steps below:
Install Apache2 HTTP Server
DuckSell requires a web server and Apache2 HTTP server is the most popular open source web server available today. To install Apache2 server, run the commands below:
sudo apt update sudo apt install apache2
After installing Apache2, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots.
sudo systemctl stop apache2.service sudo systemctl start apache2.service sudo systemctl enable apache2.service
Now that Apache2 is installed. to test whether the web server is working, open your browser and browse to the URL below.
If you see the page above, then Apache2 is successfully installed.
Install MariaDB Database Server
DuckSell also requires a database server to store its content. If you’re looking for a truly open source database server, then MariaDB is a great place to start. To install MariaDB run the commands below:
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
After installing MariaDB, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable MariaDB service to always start up when the server boots.
Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mysql.service sudo systemctl start mysql.service sudo systemctl enable mysql.service
Run these on Ubuntu 18.10 and 18.04 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service sudo systemctl start mariadb.service sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
Next, run the commands below to secure the database server with a root password if you were not prompted to do so during the installation.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.
- Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter
- Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
- New password: Enter password
- Re-enter new password: Repeat password
- Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
- Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
- Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y
- Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y
Now that MariaDB is installed, to test whether the database server was successfully installed, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p
type the root password when prompted.
If you see a similar screen as shown above, then the server was successfully installed.
Install PHP 7.2 and Related Modules
DuckSell is a PHP based CMS and PHP is required. However, PHP 7.2 may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. To run PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 and previous, you may need to run the commands below:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2
sudo apt update
Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules.
sudo apt install php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-common php7.2-mysql php7.2-gmp php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-gd php7.2-bcmath php7.2-imap php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip
After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open PHP default configuration file for Apache2.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini
The lines below is a good settings for most PHP based CMS. Update the configuration file with these and save.
file_uploads = On allow_url_fopen = On short_open_tag = On memory_limit = 256M upload_max_filesize = 100M max_execution_time = 360 date.timezone = America/Chicago
Everytime you make changes to PHP configuration file, you should also restart Apache2 web server. To do so, run the commands below:
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Now that PHP is installed, to test whether it’s functioning, create a test file called phpinfo.php in Apache2 default root directory. ( /var/www/html/)
sudo nano /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
Then type the content below and save the file.
<?php phpinfo( ); ?>
Next, open your browser and browse to the server’s hostname or IP address followed by phpinfo.php
/phpinfo.php
You should see PHP default test page.
Create DuckSell Database
Now that you’ve installed all the packages that are required for DuckSell to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First run the commands below to create a blank DuckSell database.
To logon to MariaDB database server, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then create a database called ducksell
CREATE DATABASE ducksell;
Create a database user called duckselluser with a new password
CREATE USER 'duckselluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON ducksell.* TO 'duckselluser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Download DuckSell Latest Release
To get DuckSell latest release you may want to use Github repository. Install git tool to download DuckSell packages..
sudo apt install git curl curl -sS | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
After installing curl above, change into the Apache2 root directory and download DuckSell packages from Github.
cd /var/www/ sudo git clone
Next, run the commands below to import the database file into the new database created above.
sudo mysql -u root -p ducksell < /var/www/ducksell/database/database.sql
After that, create an environment file, then edit the database info
sudo mv /var/www/ducksell/inc/.env-sample /var/www/ducksell/inc/.env
Then edit the lines below and save.
sudo nano /var/www/ducksell/inc/.env
Edit the highlighted lines
APP_VERSION=3.0 APP_ENV=local APP_DEBUG=true APP_KEY=TyIr7KaB7D7EaCR34JnvY5d2ZbIgiUu0 APP_TIMEZONE=UTC DB_HOST=localhost DB_DATABASE=ducksell DB_USERNAME=duckselluser DB_PASSWORD=enter_password_here LOAD_PLUGINS=true CACHE_DRIVER=file SESSION_DRIVER=database QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
Save and exit
Next, change into DuckSell root folder and run composer to install Laravel and all dependencies.
cd /var/www/ducksell/inc sudo composer install
After that, run the commands below to set the correct permissions for DuckSell root directory and give Apache2 control.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/ducksell/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/ducksell/
Configure Apache2
Finally, configure Apahce2 site configuration file for DuckSell. This file will control how users access Bagisto content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called ducksell.conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/ducksell.conf
Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your own domain name and directory root location.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/ducksell
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
<Directory /var/www/ducksell/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save the file and exit.
Enable the DuckSell and Rewrite Module
After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below
sudo a2ensite ducksell.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name. You should see DuckSell login page.
How to log in as admin:
http(s)://example.com/admin/login
Email: [email protected]
Password: admin123
Congratulation! You have successfully installed DuckSell eCommerce Platform on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04
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