DevOps Classroom notes 10/Sep/2026

Steps to install nop

# add dotnet repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dotnet/backports

# update system repository packages
sudo apt-get update
# install dotnet aspnetcore
sudo apt-get install -y aspnetcore-runtime-9.0

# Valiadate dotnet core installation
dotnet --list-runtimes

install mysql & nginx

# install mysql 
sudo apt-get install mysql-server-8.0 -y 

sudo mysql

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';

# nginx installation 
sudo apt-get install nginx -y 

sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl status nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx

validate nginx http://<ipaddres&gt;:80

vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

# Default server configuration
#
server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;

    server_name   nopCommerce.com;

    location / {
    proxy_pass         http://localhost:5000;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header   Connection keep-alive;
    proxy_set_header   Host $host;
    proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }

    # SSL configuration
    #
    # listen 443 ssl default_server;
    # listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
    #
    # Note: You should disable gzip for SSL traffic.
    # See: https://bugs.debian.org/773332
    #
    # Read up on ssl_ciphers to ensure a secure configuration.
    # See: https://bugs.debian.org/765782
    #
    # Self signed certs generated by the ssl-cert package
    # Don't use them in a production server!
    #
    # include snippets/snakeoil.conf;
}

Now nop stepup

# create directory
sudo mkdir /var/www/nopCommerce

cd /var/www/nopCommerce

# download nop packages
sudo wget https://github.com/nopSolutions/nopCommerce/releases/download/release-4.90.8/nopCommerce_4.90.8_NoSource_linux_x64.zip

# install unzip 
sudo apt-get install unzip -y 
# un zip packages
sudo unzip nopCommerce_4.90.8_NoSource_linux_x64.zip

sudo mkdir bin
sudo mkdir logs

cd ..
sudo chgrp -R www-data nopCommerce/
sudo chown -R www-data nopCommerce/

mysql://root:password@localhost:3306/database

FOllow documentation create 2 docker images

1. ubuntu base image
2. install dotnet and aspnetcore-runtime-9.0
3. setup nopCommerce appliaction