Use this guide to deploy and configure precompiled Virto Commerce Platform V3.
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Navigate to the Download .NET Core SDK
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Install the LTS version, it will include components for build and launch runtime application.
- Download the nuget package LibSass Host Native for for OS X (x64)
- You need to unzip the package and move the library to dotnet location path. You can find the location of dotnet using CLI dotnet --info
unzip libsasshost.native.osx-x64.1.x.x.nupkg -d libsass
sudo cp libsass/runtimes/osx-x64/native/libsass.dylib /usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/6.x.x/
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Navigate to the Releases section of Virto Commerce Platform in GitHub.
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You will find VirtoCommerce.Platform.3.x.x.zip file. In this file the site has already been built and can be run without additional compilation. The source code is not included. Run command to download binaries:
wget "https://github.com/VirtoCommerce/vc-platform/releases/download/3.x.x/VirtoCommerce.Platform.3.x.x.zip"
- Unpack this zip to a local directory /vc-platform-3. After that you will have the directory with Platform precompiled files.
unzip VirtoCommerce.Platform.3.x.x.zip -d vc-platform-3
- Open the appsettings.json file in a text editor.
- In the ConnectionStrings section change VirtoCommerce node (provided user should have permission to create new database):
"ConnectionStrings": {
"VirtoCommerce" : "Data Source={SQL Server URL};Initial Catalog={Database name};Persist Security Info=True;User ID={User name};Password={User password};MultipleActiveResultSets=True;Connect Timeout=30"
},
- In the Assets section set public url for assets
Assets:FileSystem:PublicUrl
with url of your application, this step is needed in order to display images
"Assets": {
"Provider": "FileSystem",
"FileSystem": {
"RootPath": "~/assets",
"PublicUrl": "https://localhost:5001/assets/" <-- Set your platform application url with port localhost:5001
},
},
- In the Content section set public url for content
Content:FileSystem:PublicUrl
with url of your application, this step is needed in order for configure CMS content storage
"Content*": {
"Provider": "FileSystem",
"FileSystem": {
"RootPath": "~/cms-content",
"PublicUrl": "https://localhost:5001/cms-content/" <-- Set your platform application url with port localhost:5001
},
},
- Install and trust HTTPS certificate
Run steps described in this article to trust the .NET Core SDK HTTPS development certificate on Linux.
Read more about enforcing HTTPS in ASP.NET Core
- Run the Platform by following command:
export ASPNETCORE_URLS="http://+:5000;https://+:5001"
cd vc-platform-3
dotnet VirtoCommerce.Platform.Web.dll
The output in the console will say something like:
Now listening on: http://[::]:5000
Now listening on: https://[::]:5001
- Open
https://localhost:5001
url in your browser. "Your connection is not private" might appear. Click "Advanced" and "Proceed to ...". Read more on removing this error and using a self-signed certificate: Trust the ASP.NET Core HTTPS development certificate - The application will create and initialize database on the first request. After that you should see the sign in page. Use the following credentials:
- Login: admin
- Password: store