LiteCart is a lightweight, open-source e-commerce platform built with PHP and MySQL/MariaDB, offering a flexible, performance-oriented solution for small to medium-sized online businesses. Unlike many feature-heavy e-commerce systems, LiteCart is designed with simplicity and speed in mind, making it easy for merchants to set up and manage their stores without dealing with unnecessary complexity or bloat. The platform’s intuitive and user-friendly admin panel allows store owners to effortlessly manage products, inventory, orders, and customer data, while providing a clean and responsive storefront that adapts to both desktop and mobile devices.

One of LiteCart’s key features is its modular architecture, which enables easy customization and scalability. Users can extend the platform with a variety of plugins and extensions, allowing them to add functionality as needed, without sacrificing performance. This makes LiteCart a versatile option for businesses that need specific tools but don’t want to be overwhelmed by unnecessary features. Its lightweight nature ensures fast loading times and optimal performance, even as stores grow in size and traffic.

LiteCart is also designed with SEO in mind, helping merchants improve their online visibility through clean code and optimized URLs. The platform includes built-in features for managing product listings, promotions, and customer interactions, ensuring that store owners can offer a seamless and personalized shopping experience. Security is also a priority, with LiteCart providing essential tools to protect customer data and maintain a safe online shopping environment.

To subscribe to this product from Azure Marketplace and initiate an instance using the Azure compute service, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Azure Marketplace and subscribe to the desired product.
2. Search for “virtual machines” and select “Virtual machines” under Services.
3. Click on “Add” in the Virtual machines page, which will lead you to the Create a virtual machine page.
4. In the Basics tab:

• • Ensure the correct subscription is chosen under Project details.
  • Opt for creating a new resource group by selecting “Create new resource group” and name it as “myResourceGroup.”

5. Under Instance details:

• • Enter “myVM” as the Virtual machine name.
  • Choose “East US” as the Region.
  • Select “Ubuntu 18.04 LTS” as the Image.
  • Leave other settings as default.

6. For Administrator account:

• • Pick “SSH public key.”
  • Provide your user name and paste your public key, ensuring no leading or trailing white spaces.

7. Under Inbound port rules > Public inbound ports:

• • Choose “Allow selected ports.”
  • Select “SSH (22)” and “HTTP (80)” from the drop-down.

8. Keep the remaining settings at their defaults and click on “Review + create” at the bottom of the page.
9. The “Create a virtual machine” page will display the details of the VM you’re about to create. Once ready, click on “Create.”
10. The deployment process will take a few minutes. Once it’s finished, proceed to the next section.

To connect to the virtual machine:

1. Access the overview page of your VM and click on “Connect.”
2. On the “Connect to virtual machine” page:

• • Keep the default options for connecting via IP address over port 22.
  • A connection command for logging in will be displayed. Click the button to copy the command. Here’s an example of what the SSH connection command looks like:
    “`
    ssh [email protected]
    “`

3. Using the same bash shell that you used to generate your SSH key pair, you can either reopen the Cloud Shell by selecting >_ again

or going to https://shell.azure.com/bash.
4. Paste the SSH connection command into the shell to initiate an SSH session.

Usage/Deployment Instructions

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Note: Search product on Azure marketplace and click on “Get it now”

Click on Continue

Click on Create

Creating a Virtual Machine, enter or select appropriate values for zone, machine type, resource group and so on as per your choice.

After Process of Create Virtual Machine. You have got an Option Go to Resource Group 

Click Go to Resource Group

Copy the Public IP Address

In your browser, you can now access by navigating to the IP address of your server:

http://”instance IP Address”/litecart-2.6.1/public_html

A LiteCart wizard page should appear. Ensure all requirements are met and type in the database details above.

On the first screen, fill your Database Creds and Create Admin Account.

Database Creds are:

Database Name: litecart
Username: litecartuser
Password: stongpassword

Click the Install demo data. 

Create an admin account and click install.

In your browser, you can now access by navigating to the IP address of your server:

http:IP-Address/litecart-2.6.1/public_html/admin

Click on the Login, and you will be automatically redirected to the LiteCart CMS Dashboard.

Click on the Login.

Welcome to the Dashborad of LiteCart.

ThankYou!!