Installing PrestaShop using the command-line script
Since version 1.5.4, PrestaShop has had a command-line installer.
What it is
This special installer makes it possible to install PrestaShop without the need to use a web browser: simply put the content of the zip archive on your web server, and you can install PrestaShop through your command-line interface (CLI). Any CLI software can be used as long as you can use it to interact with the server's commands: Bash, Windows PowerShell, OS X Terminal, PuTTY, etc.
The point of having a CLI installer in addition to the regular in-browser installer is to give this option to cater for some advanced users, who often prefer command-line interfaces as they tend to provide a more concise and powerful means to control a program or operating system.
How to use it
The CLI installer is easy to use: from your terminal, go to the /install
(or /install-dev
) folder, and start the script with this command:
$ php index_cli.php
This will display the various available options.
All the options from the regular in-browser installer are available, with their default value listed. Almost all default values value can be left as is, because you can edit them all from the PrestaShop back-office once the installation is done. Note that the e-mail and password are the ones used to create the administrator's back-office account...
To start the installation, you only need to provide one argument. In reality, you need to provide more:
- domain. The location where you want your store to appear.
- db_server. The database server address.
- 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.
For instance:
$ php install_cli.php --domain=example.com --db_server=sql.example.com --db_name=prestashop --db_user=root --db_password=123456789
If you also set the --email
value to your own address, a recap e-mail will be sent to you once the installation is done.