Sylius Headless E-Commerce Platform

This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.

## Why This AMI Over Alternatives

Self-installing Sylius means provisioning a server, configuring PHP, nginx, and MySQL, hardening credentials, and debugging dependency conflicts - hours of work with room for security missteps. Hosted store builders trade that complexity for rigid templates and limited extensibility. This image eliminates both problems: you get a fully configured, production-grade LEMP deployment with per-instance cryptographic isolation, a dedicated data disk that survives instance replacement, and 24/7 expert support - all launching in minutes rather than hours. You retain full code-level control without the setup burden.

## Application Stack

Sylius running on PHP 8.3 with php-fpm, served by nginx on port 80. A MySQL database stores every product, taxon, order, customer, and admin user on a dedicated data disk that is independently resizable and survives instance replacement. Sylius media and uploads live on the same disk. Systemd manages the database, the PHP FastCGI workers, and the web server, starting them on boot and restarting them on failure.

## Headless E-Commerce Platform

Model your catalogue with products, variants, options, taxons, and attributes. Run multiple channels, currencies, and locales. Configure promotions, coupons, shipping methods, and payment methods. Manage orders through their full lifecycle from the admin panel. Because Sylius is API-first, the same catalogue and checkout are exposed over a documented REST API, so you can build a custom React storefront, a mobile app, or any headless frontend against it. Sylius is a framework as much as a product - extend any behaviour with standard Symfony bundles and services.

## Secure First Boot

On the first boot a one-shot service generates a fresh database password, a fresh Symfony application secret, and a fresh administrator password - all unique to that instance. It then recreates a clean database schema and creates the store administrator account. The application secret signs sessions and CSRF tokens, so rotating it per instance keeps every deployment cryptographically independent. The administrator password is written to a file only the root user can read. No shared or default credentials ship in the image.

## Ready To Configure

The storefront is served on port 80 and the admin panel at /admin. Sign in with the generated administrator credentials to build your catalogue, then connect your payment gateways, configure your mail transport, and set your shipping and tax rules to take the store live. The image is the platform, ready for you to make it your own store.

## Use Cases

• B2C fashion or electronics retailer - Launch a branded storefront with thousands of SKUs, variant options, and multi-currency pricing managed from the admin panel while a small dev team customises the theme.
• Headless commerce for a React or mobile app - A frontend team consumes the REST API for product browsing and checkout while warehouse staff manage fulfilment and inventory from the admin panel.
• B2B wholesale distribution - Configure channel-specific pricing, bulk order workflows, and custom shipping rules for trade customers across multiple locales.
• Marketplace and multi-channel retail - Operate several storefronts from a single Sylius instance using channels, each with its own currency, locale, and product assortment.

## cloudimg Support

24/7 technical support by email and live chat. Our engineers help with deployment, catalogue and channel configuration, the REST API, payment and shipping integrations, mail setup, TLS and custom domains, database tuning, and scaling. Critical issues receive a one-hour average response.

## Getting Started

Launch the AMI on your chosen EC2 instance, retrieve the generated admin credentials from the root-only file, and sign in at /admin. From there, create your first product, configure a payment gateway, and preview your storefront - all within a single session.

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