This git repository helps you get up and running quickly w/ a OpenCart installation on OpenShift. The backend database is MySQL and the database name is the same as your application name (using $_ENV['OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME']). You can call your application by whatever name you want (the name of the database will always match the application).

Create an account at http://openshift.redhat.com/

Create a php-5.3 application (you can call your application whatever you want)

rhc app create -a opencart -t php-5.3

Add MySQL support to your application

rhc app cartridge add -a opencart -c mysql-5.1

Add this upstream opencart repo

cd opencart
git remote add upstream -m master git://github.com/Atriedes/openshift-opencart.git
git pull -s recursive -X theirs upstream master
# note that the git pull above can be used later to pull updates to OpenCarts

Then push the repo upstream

git push

Complete web installation, all database settings are set using OpenShift environment