Bagisto Laravel Installation: Channel & Theme Setup

Installing Bagisto on a fresh LEMP stack often fails due to mismatched PHP versions or missing extensions. We'll walk through the exact steps to get a stable e-commerce store running, covering common pitfalls from day one. Our team has configured Bagisto for over 15 production stores, and we guarantee every installation for 6 months.

Why Bagisto on Laravel Is a Solid Choice

Bagisto leverages Laravel 11, Vue 3, and Redis, offering flexibility and performance. However, the setup demands precise version control.

Common Installation Headaches

Typical errors: incompatible PHP (needs 8.1+), missing BCMath or GD, misconfigured queue workers, and filesystem permissions. Below we address each.

Server Requirements

Required PHP extensions: BCMath, Ctype, cURL, DOM, Fileinfo, JSON, Mbstring, OpenSSL, PCRE, PDO, Tokenizer, XML, GD or Imagick.

Note: Using Redis for cache and queues cuts processing time by 5–10× compared to file-based caching. Configure it early.

Installation via Composer

composer create-project bagisto/bagisto:^2.2 myshop cd myshop cp .env.example .env 

Edit .env:

APP_URL=https://myshop.example.com DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=bagisto DB_USERNAME=bagisto_user DB_PASSWORD=secret CACHE_DRIVER=redis QUEUE_CONNECTION=redis SESSION_DRIVER=redis REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1 REDIS_PORT=6379 

Run the installer:

php artisan bagisto:install 

This runs migrations, seeders, publishes assets, and creates the first admin. Then build frontend:

npm install npm run build 

Nginx Configuration

server { listen 80; server_name myshop.example.com; root /var/www/myshop/public; index index.php; add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"; add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"; charset utf-8; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string; } location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; } location = /robots.txt { access_log off; log_not_found off; } error_page 404 /index.php; location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name; include fastcgi_params; } location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* { deny all; } } 

Enable SSL with Certbot: certbot --nginx -d myshop.example.com.

Queue Workers with Supervisor

Bagisto uses queues for emails, invoices, and webhooks.

[program:bagisto-worker] process_name=%(program_name)s_%(process_num)02d command=php /var/www/myshop/artisan queue:work redis --sleep=3 --tries=3 --max-time=3600 autostart=true autorestart=true stopasgroup=true killasgroup=true user=www-data numprocs=2 redirect_stderr=true stdout_logfile=/var/www/myshop/storage/logs/worker.log stopwaitsecs=3600 

supervisorctl reread supervisorctl update supervisorctl start bagisto-worker:* 

Admin Panel Initial Setup

Log in at /admin to configure:

Channels and Locales

A channel is a separate "storefront" with its own domain, currency, and language. For multilingual stores, create one channel with multiple locales.

Taxes

Catalog → Taxes → Tax Categories — create categories (e.g., VAT 20%). Then link to taxpayer groups and regions via Tax Rates.

Shipping Methods

Built-in: FlatRate, Free Shipping. For third-party carriers (e.g., CDEK), install a package or create a custom provider in config/carriers.php.

Payment Methods

Built-in: Cash On Delivery, Money Transfer, PayPal. Custom gateways register in config/paymentmethods.php and implement Webkul\Payment\Payment.

Email Configuration

MAIL_MAILER=smtp MAIL_HOST=smtp.example.com MAIL_PORT=587 [email protected] MAIL_PASSWORD=secret MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls [email protected] MAIL_FROM_NAME="My Store" 

Publish email templates:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=bagisto-mail-views 

Edit them in resources/views/vendor/shop/emails/.

Cron for Scheduler

* * * * * cd /var/www/myshop && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1 

Handles cart cleanup, sitemap generation, and currency rate updates.

File Permissions

chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/myshop 

What Our Turnkey Setup Includes

Post-Installation Checklist

• [ ] Run php artisan config:cache && php artisan route:cache
• [ ] Set up DB backups (cron + mysqldump or spatie/laravel-backup)
• [ ] Verify Redis via php artisan tinker → Redis::ping()
• [ ] Test email with a sample order
• [ ] Monitor queues using Laravel Horizon (composer require laravel/horizon)
• [ ] Confirm sitemap generation at /sitemap.xml

Additional Tips

For performance, use Redis for cache and queues. Monitor with Laravel Horizon. Laravel Queues documentation