CLI installation

These instructions are for command line AbanteCart eCommerce application installation.

This CLI installer makes it possible to install AbanteCart without the need to use web browsers: place the content of the zip archive on your web server, and you can install it with the command-line interface (CLI). Any CLI software can be used.

Set the required permissions before installation

make sure writable

Recursive write permission on /system/config.php

Recursive write permission on /system/

Recursive write permission on /image/

Recursive write permission on /download/

Recursive write permission on /extensions/

Recursive write permission on /resources/

Recursive write permission on /admin/system/

in the terminal go to the directory where AbanteCart files are located

cd /path/server/htdocs/

To see the CLI installer help use the command:

php ./install/cli_install.php

To start the installation, you need to provide arguments:

db_host The database server address. Usually, it is localhost
db_name The name of the database you want to use.
db_user The username for the database you want to use.
db_password The password for the database username above.
http_server The domain where you want your store to appear.
admin_path The unique key to access your AbanteCart admin
db_driver Required argument to set a database driver

start the installer script with this command:

php ./install/cli_install.php install --db_host=127.0.0.1 --db_user=admin --db_password=pass --db_name=abantecart  --db_driver=amysqli  --db_prefix=abc_ --admin_path=admin  --username=admin  --password=admin  --email=admin@admin.com  --http_server=http://localhost --with-sample-data=abantecart_sample_data.sql