nopCommerce tutorial (1) - installation and debug

Posted by Andy Feng on April 18, 2025

Prepare environment

  1. operating system windows 10+, sql server 2022 developer+

  2. control panel > program and features > turn windows feature on/off > IIS > Application Development Features > select all

    ![[20250418-nop-1.jpg]]

  3. For nopCommerce 4.80: Install .NET 9 runtime Download .NET (Linux, macOS, and Windows)

  4. For nopCommerce 4.80 or above: MS Visual Studio 2022 (version 17.12 or above). install .NET 9 SDK (download)** ![[20250418-nop-2.jpg]]

  5. open iis > root > modules, check aspnetcore module

Install website without source code

  1. download nopCommerce - Web (no source) at https://www.nopcommerce.com/downloads.aspx

  2. Enable IIS at Settings > Windows feature on/off

  3. IIS > application pools > add a new application pool > CLR version - No Managed Code

  4. unzip the dist files > IIS > sites > new a website > application pool is the new added one

  5. open browser > navigate to the new website

  6. sql server manage studio > create a new empty database

  7. return to website > enter database credentials, set admin password

  8. Test the website, login with admin password

Install the website with source code

  1. Install visual studio 2022

  2. download nopCommerce - source code at https://www.nopcommerce.com/downloads.aspx

  3. unzip and open the solution > nop.web project > App_Data > create dataSettings.json > change the connection string.

     {
   "DataProvider": "sqlserver",
   "DataConnectionString": "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=nopCommerce;Integrated Security=true;Persist Security Info=False;",
   "RawDataSettings": {}
 }

    Here we assume the nopCommerce database was already created. If not, follow the previous installation instruction to initialize the database tables.

    If you already have a exisitng database, please specify the proper connection string.

  4. visual studio > set nop.web project as startup > run

Reference https://docs.nopcommerce.com/en/installation-and-upgrading/technology-and-system-requirements.html#supported-web-servers