How to Install Saleor on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps required to install Saleor on Alpine Linux Latest. Saleor is a powerful e-commerce platform built on Python, Django, and GraphQL.

Prerequisites

Before we start, it is recommended to have the following:

  1. Root access to the server or the required permissions to install packages
  2. An up-to-date version of Alpine Linux Latest
  3. Python 3.6 or higher
  4. Git

If you don't have Python or Git, you can install them with the following commands:

apk add python3 git

Installation

  1. Firstly, update your system packages:
apk update && apk upgrade
  1. Install pip, virtualenv, and PostgreSQL:
apk add py3-pip py3-virtualenv postgresql
  1. Create a virtual environment and activate it:
virtualenv -p python3 {saleor-env}
source {saleor-env}/bin/activate
  1. Clone the Saleor repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/mirumee/saleor.git
  1. Change to the cloned Saleor directory:
cd saleor
  1. Install the required packages:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  1. Install the database driver for PostgreSQL:
pip3 install psycopg2-binary
  1. Set up the database:
python3 manage.py migrate
  1. Create a superuser account:
python3 manage.py createsuperuser
  1. Collect the static files:
python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput
  1. Run the development server:
python3 manage.py runserver

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Saleor on Alpine Linux Latest. Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser to view the Saleor store.