Install PrestaShop with Gandi

Some hosting providers offer a partially automated store installation. This article will present how to quickly and easily install PrestaShop with the hosting provider Gandi.

Visit the Gandi website (or the hosting provider of your choice) and create an account, or log in if you already have one.

Click on 'Web Hosting'.

Then click on 'Let’s Go'.

Select the plan of your choice (billed annually or monthly). We recommend the advanced plan, which will meet the majority of needs for launching a new PrestaShop store.

Search for the domain name you wish to check for availability.

Select the domain extension of your choice.

Confirm your billing information.

You are arriving on a page that summarizes your order.

Accept the Terms and Conditions and confirm.

Your order is confirmed, please click on 'Let’s get started' in the 'Hosting creation' section.

In the list, select PrestaShop, and specify the location.

Confirm the domain, which is the address at which the site will be available.

Your PrestaShop store is being installed.

You will receive a confirmation email once the installation is complete.

Go now to the URL corresponding to your domain to launch the PrestaShop assistant, and start by choosing its language.

Accept the terms and conditions.

Please specify the information for your store and your administrator account. The email and password provided here will serve as your credentials to access your back office.

The login information for your database will be filled in automatically; you can confirm and proceed to the next step.

The installation of your store is now complete. This last page of the installation wizard reminds you of your login credentials for your back office. You can also access the front office and the back office via the 'Discover your store' and 'manage your store' buttons.

When you click the link to the back office, before you can log in, you will be prompted to delete the install folder for security reasons.

Return to your Gandi administration interface and click on the three dots to the right of your hosting plan, then on 'Manage'.

Click on 'Set a password' in the sFTP section.

Enter the password of your choice, then retrieve the displayed login information.

Log in via FTP (refer to this article if needed) using these credentials, open the 'vhosts' folder, then the folder named after your domain, and delete the 'install' folder by right-clicking.

You can now refresh the access page to your back office and log in using the credentials created earlier with the installation wizard.

You are ready to embark on the configuration of your store.

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