Server

The “Server” window manages the store’s server directly over SSH: it installs and updates it, shows its state, runs commands, and edits configuration files. Everything is done as root, so the section is available to the store owner and is meant for one-off jobs rather than for everyday operation.

The progress of any operation is visible in the log at the bottom of the window; the “Save log” button writes it out to a text file. The connection is opened for the duration of the operation and closed when it finishes.

Connection

The “Connection” tab holds the parameters shared by the whole window: the server’s IP address, the root password, and the store’s domain name. The password is not saved: the field is cleared when the window closes.

Installation

The “Installation” tab, the “Install server” button — a full automatic installation: the application downloads the project’s setup script and deploys the server for the given domain and the current version of the platform.

Warning! Installation deletes all current settings and store data. The application asks for confirmation, but once started the operation cannot be cancelled.

Maintenance

The “Maintenance” tab:

• “Update server” — updating the server to the version matching the current version of the application. The result is unpredictable if the server was configured by hand, so make a backup before updating.
• “Status report” — server diagnostics. It changes nothing and only writes information about the state of the store’s services to the log.

Console

The “Console” tab runs arbitrary commands: a command is typed into the “Run command” field and sent with the “Send” button or the Enter key, and the reply goes to the log.

The “Inside the web container” checkbox runs the command not on the server itself but inside the store’s container, as the web server’s user — this is how the engine’s environment is checked (versions, file permissions, availability of PHP extensions).

Careful! Without this checkbox the command runs on the server as root.

Settings

The “Settings” tab edits the server’s configuration files: Nginx, the MySQL database, and the Docker containers. The order of work: choose the file, press “Load from server”, edit the text, press “Save to server”.

Only the file that was loaded in this same window can be saved — this rules out writing your edits into someone else’s file. The server keeps the previous contents next to it with the .bak extension, so one step back is always available.

The “Restart server” button stops and starts the store’s containers again — this is what applies the edits you have made. The store is unavailable for that time.

Careful! A mistake in a configuration file can stop the store from working.