MarketplaceKit is an eCommerce platform built on Laravel Framework that makes it super easy to develop different types of marketplaces on your servers to sell your products, bookings, rent spaces online, and many more. You can build your own Airbnb, eBay, Etsy, or whatever you want with MarketplaceKit! With its high-quality Progressive Web App features, you will delight your users and customers, improving engagement and thus increasing conversions. This eCommerce platform is designed for ease of use to allow enterprises and business owners to collaborate and automate engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile… For more about MarketplaceKit, please check their Homepage Some features of this platform include:

Powerful search across multiple fields, geolocation, and custom fields Geolocalization for users and listings Frontend listing creation and browsing User profiles Direct messaging between users Multilingual functionality

When you’re ready, follow the steps below:

Install Nginx HTTP Server on Ubuntu

Nginx HTTP Server is the most popular web server in use today. since MarketplaceKit needs it go and install it on Ubuntu. To install Nginx HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below. After installing Nginx, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Nginx service to always start up with the server boots. To test the Nginx setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see the Nginx default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Nginx is working as expected.

Install MySQL Database Server

A MySQL database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers to use with MarketplaceKit. To install MySQL run the commands below. After installing MySQL, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable MySQL service always to start up when the server boots. Run these on Ubuntu After that, run the commands below to secure the MySQL server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access. 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

Restart MySQL server To test if MySQL is installed, type the commands below to logon into the MySQL server Then type the password you created above to sign on. if successful, you should see MySQL welcome message

PHP 7.2-FPM may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. to install it, you will have to get it from third-party repositories. Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2-FPM Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2-FPM and related modules. After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open the PHP default config file for Nginx. Then make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below is a great setting to apply in your environment. After making the change above, save the file and closet. To restart Nginx, run the commands below To test PHP 7.2 settings with Nginx, create a phpinfo.php file in the Nginx root directory by running the commands below Then type the content below and save the file. Save the file. then browse to your server hostname followed by /phpinfo.php You should see the PHP default test page.

Create MarketplaceKit Database

Now that you’ve installed all the packages that are required for MarketplaceKit to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create a blank MarketplaceKit database. To log on to the MySQL database server, run the commands below. Then create a database called marketplacekit Create a database user called marketplacekituser with a new password Then grant the user full access to the database. Finally, save your changes and exit.

Download and Install MarketplaceKit

To get MarketplaceKit’s latest release you may want to use the GitHub repository… Install Composer, Curl, Node.js and other dependencies to get started… After installing curl and Composer above, change into Nginx document root. download and extract, then move MarketplaceKit content to the Nginx root directory… then install from there. After that, use composer to install its dependencies. Next, add the database details in the .env file. Then copy and paste the lines below into the file and save. Next, run the commands below to install PHP requirements for MarketplaceKit. Next, run the commands below to change the root folder permissions.

Configure MarketplaceKit Site

Next, configure the Nginx configuration file for MarketplaceKit. This file will control how users access MarketplaceKit content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called marketplacekit Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your domain name and directory root location. Save the file and exit. After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below

Enable the MarketplaceKit Site

After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below, then restart the Nginx server. Next, open your browser and go to the URL. and continue with the installation. You should see the MarketplaceKit Home page. Visit your domain login and change the default password Default username: admin Default password: changeme Congratulations! you have learned how to install the MarketplaceKit Ticketing Platform on Ubuntu 18.04 | 16.04 LTS Enjoy! You may also like the post below: