Deployment Overview of Shopify CLI on Server¶

Prerequisites and Basic Requirements¶

To ensure a successful installation, the server must meet the following requirements:

Operating System: Compatible with Debian-based (Debian, Ubuntu) or RHEL-based (CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux) distributions.
Privileges: Root or sudo access is required to perform package installations and system updates.
Network Access: The server must have outbound internet access to download Node.js, NVM, and the Shopify CLI via curl.

FQDN of the final panel on the hostkey.in domain¶

Parameter	Value
Prefix	`shopify`
Domain	`hostkey.in`
Full template	`shopify{Server_ID_from_Invapi}.hostkey.in`

Application installation process¶

The application is installed directly onto the host operating system using a combination of package managers and shell scripts. The process varies slightly depending on the Linux distribution:

For Debian/Ubuntu systems:¶

The system package repository is updated, and existing packages are upgraded via apt.
NVM (Node Version Manager) is installed via an official installation script.
Node.js (version 20) is installed using NVM.
The Shopify CLI is installed globally using npm.
Additional development dependencies are installed, including ruby-full, ruby-dev, curl, gcc, g++, make, git, and xdg-utils.

For RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux systems:¶

Development tools and language runtimes are installed via yum. This includes the @Development Tools group, ruby, ruby-devel, curl, git, tar, and xdg-utils.
NVM (Node Version Manager) is installed via an official installation script.
Node.js (version 20) is installed using NVM.
The Shopify CLI is installed globally using npm.

Access Rights and Security¶

Package Management: System updates are performed to ensure all security patches are applied during the installation process.
Dependencies: Essential build tools (gcc, g++, make) are installed to support theme development requirements.

Application Update Instructions¶

To update the Shopify CLI, you must manually re-run the global npm installation command:

npm install -g @shopify/cli@latest