Also, if you need to edit any template files or any files associated with Prestashop, they should be available at C:BitNamiprestashop-1.5.4.1-0appsprestashophtdocs unless you changed the location, then it will be at the custom location that you used. There is a link to your phpMyAdmin installation and to your admin panel for your shop. The success message has links to everything you will need. That means my address is 192.168.2.1:81 Once you access the hostname address, you should see this page. I have a web server running on port 80 so I had to use port 81. IMPORTANT, if you entered a different port for the webserver, you will have to append it with a : to your host name address. You should be able to access your shop at what ever IP address you entered in the host name section. Now that you have finished your install, you can test out Prestashop!
If you are looking for hosting for your shop, they are your best choice. These severs have not been optimized for Prestashop hosting like A2 and Inmotion have. Uncheck the box, Bitnami is trying to sell you cloud hosting through their affiliated server. If you want to configure the mail support, just follow through the prompts and Bitnami will set up mail support for you.Īfter you have made your way thought that, you will see the screen below. Since you are testing Prestashop out locally, this isn’t a big deal. You can get ip by Googling “what is my ip address”. If you are wanting your shop to be accessed from the internet, use your ip address. If you do not want your installation accessible from the internet or from other computers in your network, just leave the settings as they are. If you are using a router it will grab your internal ip address in your home network. If not, Bitnami will configure your shop to use what you enter. You should try to use the default values with these ports.
Next are the shops ssl and mysql port numbers. This will affect your shop url on your local system, so remember which port you used. If they are not and you still get the error, you will have to use another port. If you get an error message saying “the port is already bound” you should try closing skype and Xampp if they are open. 80 is the normal http port, but sometimes you might have applications running that will not let you use port 80. Next it will ask you what port number you want apache to use. Web server port, ssl port, and mysql port This will be the base of the Prestashop installation in case you need to edit any template files or make any overrides.Īfter you set the directory, you will have to enter the login information for the shop, don’t forget it, you will need it later to log into the back office. If you want you can change it, but remember what location you set the installation folder to. When installing Prestashop, you will come to this screen. Most of the default selections should work just fine for installing Prestashop. Now that you have started the installer, just navigate your way through the prompts.
Once you download it, click to install the application. What does that mean for you? A dead simple way of installing and running Prestashop on your local machine.įirst you will need to go to Bitnami and download the application. If you have not heard Bitnami released a version of Prestashop with their auto installer application.