PrestaShop 9 on Ubuntu 24.04

## PrestaShop 9 on Ubuntu 24.04 by cloudimg

PrestaShop is one of the world's most-deployed open-source e-commerce platforms — used by approximately 300,000 merchants globally to run B2C storefronts, B2B portals, and dropshipping operations. The cloudimg image installs PrestaShop 9 (Classic Edition) from the official PrestaShop CDN onto a production-typical LAMP stack: Apache 2.4, PHP 8.3 (mod_php), and MariaDB 10.11 — all sourced from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS noble main with no third-party APT repositories.

Why Choose cloudimg?

* 24/7 Expert Support with guaranteed 24 hour response. support@cloudimg.co.uk

* Production Ready from Launch Pre-configured, security-patched, validated end-to-end

* Azure Native Integration Azure Linux Agent, cloud-init, Gen2 Hyper-V, TrustedLaunch

* Per VM admin credentials Every deployed VM rotates the PrestaShop admin password and randomizes the admin directory at first boot

* Storefront unblocked at first boot install/ directory automatically removed post-install per PrestaShop security policy

What is Included

* PrestaShop 9.0.1 from official assets.prestashop3.com CDN at /var/www/prestashop

* Apache 2.4.x with mod_rewrite enabled, vhost auto-configured with AllowOverride All for .htaccess URL rewriting

* PHP 8.3.x with cli, curl, gd, intl, mbstring, mysql, xml, zip, bcmath, soap, imagick extensions

* PHP overrides tuned for PrestaShop: 512M memory_limit, 64M upload, 600s execution time, 10000 max_input_vars

* MariaDB 10.11.x bound to 127.0.0.1 with prestashop database and prestashop user (per-VM password)

* prestashop-firstboot.service running PrestaShop CLI installer with rotated credentials and randomized admin directory (admin-cloudimg-XXXXXXXX)

* Customer-facing storefront at http://VM-IP/ and Back Office admin at http://VM-IP/admin-cloudimg-XXXXXXXX/

* /stage/scripts/prestashop-credentials.log (0600 root:root) holding storefront URL, admin URL, admin email, admin password, DB credentials

* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base with latest security patches via apt dist-upgrade

* 24/7 cloudimg support with guaranteed 24 hour response SLA

Use Cases

* B2C online store — fashion, electronics, food and beverage, homeware, beauty, hobby retailers

* B2B / wholesale portal — quote workflows, customer-group pricing, restricted catalogue access

* Multi-store / multi-language commerce — single back-office managing multiple country-specific shops on one PrestaShop instance

* Dropshipping operations — supplier-fed product catalogues, automated stock sync, hands-off fulfilment

* Subscription / digital download retailers — recurring billing modules, license-key delivery, content gating

* SaaS marketplaces and franchise networks — central catalogue, regional pricing, locale-specific tax handling

Recommended Virtual Machine Sizes

* Standard_B2s (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM) — small to medium catalogue, single-store, low-to-moderate traffic

* Standard_D2s_v5 (2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM) — larger catalogue with image-heavy product pages, modest concurrent traffic

* Standard_D4s_v5 (4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM) — high-traffic store with many modules, multi-store back office, peak-season capacity