Sodium not supported by hosting

Shopware 6 (English) Installation / Getting Started (EN)
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Hi All,

I want to start testing with Shopware as alternative to WooCommerce.

After uploading the files to my host I got a error on the document root, fixed with this code for the htaccess

RewriteEngine on
# Rewrite all requests that are not already for the "public" subdirectory
RewriteRule !^public/ /public%{REQUEST_URI} [L]

Next I was able to fix the ‚set_time_limit‘ limit by disabling this line in the install script. Then I got the installer running, and now I’m stuck with the next issue.

Is there a way to bypass the use of Sodium? This would be the last step to start with SW6.

Thanks!

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Hi,

Sodium is mandatory for Shopware 6.

Regards

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Thanks,
After checking phpinfo I see that Sodium is in shared mode. Should be working with SW6?

'--with-sodium=shared'

Unfortunately I can go any further with the install, keeps a error on Sodium

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This should be sufficient - maybe also other requirements are not met on your host.

5

Everything except Sodium is marked Ready…

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Any other ideas?

6

Hi,

looks like Sodium is not detected in your webspace which is mandatory. You should either contact your hosting provider or (the easier way) select a hosting provider which fully supports Shopware 6.

Regards

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Yep, this hoster is not going to support SW. Moving to a new hoster.

@SCOOPEX Thanks for the quick responces.

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  1. Put libsodium.dll into C:\xampp\apache\bin
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Same problem in May 2022: sodium missing on server.
No way around found.
Appears shopware 6 is not made for shared servers (hostgator in my case)

11

Hi,

it can be used on shared servers - your hosting provider needs to make sure, the requirements are met - otherwise you should select a different one.

Regards

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It would help to know which of the biggest hosters are shopware 6 compliant.
Most (like hostgator) will not update PHP extensions upon individual request because they want the clients to upgrade to virtual.

Selecting to a different one is not an option for users, who have systems implemented already and the shop being only a new addition.

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Hi,

take a look here:

Regards