Containerized OpenCart 4 on Alma Linux 10 by Elyxia Global Limited

Elyxia Global Limited brings you a robust and performance-optimized OpenCart image on AlmaLinux 10. This ready-to-deploy AMI lets you open a shop in minutes rather than spending a day assembling a web server, a database and an application. OpenCart runs a complete online store from a single administration area: products with options and variants, categories, customer accounts and groups, orders and invoices, discounts and coupons, multiple currencies and languages, shipping and payment methods, and reporting on sales and customers. It supports multiple stores from one installation, and an extension marketplace covers what the core does not. The AlmaLinux 10 base ensures your system runs on a secure, enterprise-grade Linux distribution known for stability and long-term support. Whether you are opening a first shop with a handful of products or running several storefronts from one installation, OpenCart scales to fit, and its open-source architecture means you keep full control of your catalogue and your customer data.

Pre-bundled with this AMI: OpenCart 4.1.0.4, AlmaLinux 10, MariaDB 11.4, PHP 8.2, Apache Web Server, Caddy reverse proxy, Docker and Docker Compose

The application runs in containers. OpenCart and its database are managed by Docker Compose on the instance, which means application updates can be delivered without replacing the AMI, and the database runs on an isolated internal network with no port exposed to the internet. Your catalogue, orders and uploaded images are kept in separate storage that an application update does not touch.

Your shop is installed and ready when the instance finishes starting. There is no setup wizard to complete and no installation directory to remove afterwards. The administrator account is created for you and its password is shown once, in the summary at the end of installation.

The administration area is not at the usual address. For your security it is given a different name on every instance, and that address is shown in the same summary. This is a feature OpenCart supports itself, so you can change it again later from the admin.

Use your own domain name with a free SSL certificate. One command requests a Lets Encrypt certificate, renews it automatically, and redirects HTTP to HTTPS.

The instance needs only three inbound ports: 22 for SSH, 80 and 443 for the shop and certificate issuance. OpenCart connects outward to send order confirmations, so no inbound mail port is required. Configure your own outbound SMTP server under System, Settings, Mail after installation.

Exclusive Fixes and Resolutions by Elyxia Global Limited:

• Your Shop Is Actually Installed: the previous build shipped an uninstalled OpenCart whose setup wizard could not be completed, because the installation directory was removed before the customer ever reached it. This image installs the shop for you at first boot.
• The Administration Area Is Not Where Scanners Look: the admin directory is given a different name on every instance, and the name is shown once at the end of installation. OpenCart supports this itself, so you can change it again later.
• Logs, Templates and Configuration Are Not Readable Over the Web: the previous build served its own error log to anyone who asked for it. In this image those paths return 403, and the storage directory is placed outside the web root.
• Your Access Logs Show Real Visitors: behind an HTTPS proxy, a default configuration records the proxys own address for every request, which makes logs and any tool reading them useless. This image records the visitors real address.
• Database Closed to the Internet: MariaDB runs on a private network inside the instance with no published port. Only 22, 80 and 443 are needed.

Disclaimer: The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies. Everything this product needs is included in this AMI, with no licence to buy elsewhere. For help with this image, customization and consultation, email support@elyxia.uk .