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System Administrator Guide
This guide will help you configure a better and safer Web server.
Once this is done, you will be ready to install PrestaShop, using our
Getting Started guide.
PHP configuration
Manipulating php.ini
Many of the advices in this guide require you to edit the php.ini file, found
in your server's PHP install (not in PrestaShop's folder).
Not all host will allow you to edit this file, so contact your host if you
cannot access it.
For instance, you probably won't have access to php.ini on a shared
hosting. If your host doesn't provide the required configuration by default
and you cannot touch php.ini, then you should either move to a dedicated
hosting, or change to a more permissive host.
Editing the PHP configuration requires you to change some values in the
php.ini file, most of the time from "On" to "Off" or vice versa. The file
contains a lot of documentation for each line, be sure to read them in
order to better understand your changes. Be careful of what you edit, as
this has a direct impact on the way PHP runs, and therefore on your
servers stability and even security.
Required settings
Your PHP installation must feature the following settings and libraries:
MySQL.
GD library.
Dom extension.
The MySQL extension enables to access your data. PrestaShop simply
cannot work without it.
The GD library enables PHP to dynamically manipulate images. PrestaShop
uses it to resize and rework the image files that are uploaded
(watermarking, trimming, etc.). Without images, an online shop loses
most of its interest, so make sure that GD is enabled!
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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - System Administrator Guide

System Administrator Guide This guide will help you configure a better and safer Web server. Once this is done, you will be ready to install PrestaSho

Page 2 - Recommended settings

Here is how the files are organized:  /admin: contains all the PrestaShop files pertaining to the back-office. When accessing this folder with your

Page 3 - MySQL configuration

 /controllers: contains all the files pertaining to PrestaShop controllers – as in Model-View-Controller (or MVC), the software architecture used by

Page 4

using the PrestaShop internal tool, and not edit them directly in this folder.  /upload: contains the files that would be uploaded by clients for cu

Page 5 - (.htaccess)

The Dom extension enables to parse XML documents. PrestaShop uses for various functionalities, like the Store Locator. It is also used by some modules

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The allow_url_include directive is used to allow to include any file via the require and include statements, even if it does not come from your Web se

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Now we have a username with just enough rights to connect to the local database. We need to allow this user to use the 'prestashop' database

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Basic authentication establishment (.htaccess) In order to better protect your PrestaShop install, we need to establish a basic authentication on the

Page 9 - Miscellaneous

It is also possible to perform IP and domain restrictions using your .htaccess file: Order Allow, Deny Deny from all Allow from .myprestashop.com Al

Page 10 - .htaccess or .htpasswd

4. Pick a complex password, by mixing letters, numbers and even punctuation marks, such as "5r3XaDR#". You can us an only password generate

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defines.inc.php file Among other constant values, this file contains the location for all files and folders. If you need these changed, do not forget

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define( '_PS_ADMIN_IMG_', 'http://img1.xxx.com/admin/' ); } else { define( '_THEME_IMG_DIR_', _THEMES_DIR_ .

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