Register Microsoft key and feed

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb

sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

Install the .NET Core Runtime

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https aspnetcore-runtime-7.0

dotnet --list-runtimes

Install MySql Server

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

Install nginx

Install the nginx package:

sudo apt-get install nginx

Run the nginx service

sudo systemctl start nginx

Check nginx service status

sudo systemctl status nginx

To configure nginx as a reverse proxy to forward requests to your ASP.NET Core app, modify /etc/nginx/sites-available/default. Open it in a text editor and replace the contents with the following:

# 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;
}

Get nopCommerce

mkdir /var/www/nopCommerce

Download and unpack nopCommerce:

cd /var/www/nopCommerce

sudo wget https://github.com/nopSolutions/nopCommerce/releases/download/release-4.60.1/nopCommerce_4.60.1_NoSource_linux_x64.zip

sudo apt-get install unzip

sudo unzip nopCommerce_4.60.1_NoSource_linux_x64.zip

Create couple directories to run nopCommerce:

sudo mkdir bin

sudo mkdir logs

Change the file permissions

cd ..

sudo chgrp -R www-data nopCommerce/

sudo chown -R www-data nopCommerce/

Create the nopCommerce service

Create the /etc/systemd/system/nopCommerce.service file with the following contents:

[Unit]
Description=Example nopCommerce app running on Xubuntu

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/nopCommerce
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dotnet /var/www/nopCommerce/Nop.Web.dll
Restart=always
# Restart service after 10 seconds if the dotnet service crashes:
RestartSec=10
KillSignal=SIGINT
SyslogIdentifier=nopCommerce-example
User=www-data
Environment=ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
Environment=DOTNET_PRINT_TELEMETRY_MESSAGE=false

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start the service

sudo systemctl start nopCommerce.service

Check the nopCommerce service status

sudo systemctl status nopCommerce.service

Restart the nginx server

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Troubleshooting

Gdip

If you have a problem with loading images in the RichText Box (The type initializer for 'Gdip' threw an exception), just install the libgdiplus library:

sudo apt-get install libgdiplus