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Magento 2 Beginners Guide
Magento 2 Beginners Guide

Magento 2 Beginners Guide: Discover what you need to know to build your own profitable online stores using the power of Magento 2!

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Magento 2 Beginners Guide

Chapter 2. Installation

In this chapter, we will cover the tasks related to installing Magento 2 in a Linux server, including the following ones:

  • Setting up an AWS server
  • Installing PHP
  • Installing MySQL
  • Installing Magento dependencies
  • Creating a custom domain for the server
  • Setting up GIT for version control
  • Setting the right permissions for the server

System requirements for Magento 2

Before moving forward with the installation, we should review the system requirements for Magento 2 to ensure that the environment is correct for Magento to run properly.

The following are the system requirements for Magento 2:

  • Operating System:
    • Linux

  • Web servers:
    • Apache 2.2 or 2.4
    • nginx 1.8

  • Database:
    • MySQL 5.6 or
    • MySQL 5.7 (Magento 2.1.2 or above) or
    • MariaDB or
    • Percona

  • PHP:
    • PHP 5.6 and later. PHP 7.0.2, 7.0.4, 7.0.6-7.0.x (Magento 2.1.2 and later)
    • PHP 7.0.2, 7.0.6-7.0.x (all Magento 2.1.x versions)
    • PHP 5.6.x (Magento 2.1.0)

  • Required PHP extensions:
    • BC Math
    • curl
    • GD, ImageMagick 6.3.7 (or later), or both
    • intl
    • mbstring
    • Mcrypt
    • Mhash
    • OpenSSL
    • PDO/MySQL
    • SimpleXML
    • OPCache
    • SOAP
    • xml
    • XSL
    • Zip
    • JSON (PHP 7 only)
    • iconv (PHP 7 only)

  • PHP Dependency Manager:
    • Composer

  • SSL:
    • Valid security certificate (required for HTTPS)
    • Transport Layer Security (TLS) requirement

  • Mail Server:
    • Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) or SMTP server

  • Optional:
    • Redis 3.0
    • Varnish 3.5 or latest stable 4.x version
    • Memcached
    • Xdebug
    • PHPUnit...

Local installation in your computer

In this section, we will review the general process to set up Magento with sample data in your local computer. In the next two sections, we will review the process of choosing the right hosting provider and set up a server to install Magento from scratch.

Taking that into consideration, we will assume that you have PHP 7 and MySQL running in your local machine and all the dependencies listed in the previous section as well.

Besides that, you should have your virtual host for the local instance already created (that is, http://magento2-playground.dev), the hosts file with the new entry for the local Magento instance (127.0.0.1 magento2-playground.dev), and an empty database.

Getting the Magento code base

The first step is to get the latest version of the Magento code base. In order to do that, you should visit the Magento download page (https://magento.com/tech-resources/download) and choose the latest version of Magento:

Getting the Magento code base

In order to have products, categories, and other useful information for our local Magento installation, we will choose the latest version from the Full Release with Sample Data (ZIP with sample data) section:

Getting the Magento code base

Once you download the file, you should uncompress it in the document root of your local machine.

After uncompressing the file, you should see a similar output to the following screenshot:

Getting the Magento code base

Now, we have the code base in place to move ahead with the installation.

There are two ways of installing Magento:

  • Setup Wizard installation
  • Command-line installation

Setup Wizard installation

The Setup Wizard is a simple installation process that is performed from the browser.

In order to install Magento using the Setup Wizard,...

How to choose the right hosting provider

Magento is a big platform with a huge community that provides all the services that you need, from design and development to hosting for the store.

The advantage when there is a big community behind a product is that you get specialized professionals who can help resolve your problems.

It is an advantage that you can use to ensure that your Magento store is always in good shape and that you are ready to resolve emergencies, if necessary.

That being said, it's really important to choose the right server for the Magento store. There are two types of servers that hosting providers offer:

  • Managed servers
  • Self-managed server

Managed servers

Managed servers are managed by the hosting provider. This means that the hosting provider is in charge of keeping the server up and running.

If there is any problem related to the server, you can create a ticket on the helpdesk of the hosting provider.

When you choose this type of server, you should...

System requirements for Magento 2


Before moving forward with the installation, we should review the system requirements for Magento 2 to ensure that the environment is correct for Magento to run properly.

The following are the system requirements for Magento 2:

  • Operating System:

    • Linux

  • Web servers:

    • Apache 2.2 or 2.4

    • nginx 1.8

  • Database:

    • MySQL 5.6 or

    • MySQL 5.7 (Magento 2.1.2 or above) or

    • MariaDB or

    • Percona

  • PHP:

    • PHP 5.6 and later. PHP 7.0.2, 7.0.4, 7.0.6-7.0.x (Magento 2.1.2 and later)

    • PHP 7.0.2, 7.0.6-7.0.x (all Magento 2.1.x versions)

    • PHP 5.6.x (Magento 2.1.0)

  • Required PHP extensions:

    • BC Math

    • curl

    • GD, ImageMagick 6.3.7 (or later), or both

    • intl

    • mbstring

    • Mcrypt

    • Mhash

    • OpenSSL

    • PDO/MySQL

    • SimpleXML

    • OPCache

    • SOAP

    • xml

    • XSL

    • Zip

    • JSON (PHP 7 only)

    • iconv (PHP 7 only)

  • PHP Dependency Manager:

    • Composer

  • SSL:

    • Valid security certificate (required for HTTPS)

    • Transport Layer Security (TLS) requirement

  • Mail Server:

    • Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) or SMTP server

  • Optional:

    • Redis 3.0

    • Varnish 3.5 or latest stable 4.x version

    • Memcached

    • Xdebug

    • PHPUnit...

Local installation in your computer


In this section, we will review the general process to set up Magento with sample data in your local computer. In the next two sections, we will review the process of choosing the right hosting provider and set up a server to install Magento from scratch.

Taking that into consideration, we will assume that you have PHP 7 and MySQL running in your local machine and all the dependencies listed in the previous section as well.

Besides that, you should have your virtual host for the local instance already created (that is, http://magento2-playground.dev), the hosts file with the new entry for the local Magento instance (127.0.0.1 magento2-playground.dev), and an empty database.

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Key benefits

  • Set up and manage your very first online store with a friendly and engaging approach using Magento 2
  • Create your own shipping rates matrix and connect to shippers such as UPS, FedEx, and USPS
  • Create reports to track store sales, customer activity, and statistics

Description

Do you have a good product to sell but need your start-up to sell it to your potential customers the right way? Were you unhappy with what Magento 1 had to offer and are looking forward to trying out what Magento 2 provides? If either of these questions ring a bell, then this book is for you! You'll start by getting a general understanding of what Magento is, why and how you should use it, and whether it is possible and feasible to migrate from an old web store to Magento 2. We'll introduce you to the main e-commerce concepts and basic features and let you play with them, so you can get a taste of how catalog and content management works. Following on from that, we'll show you how to tune your store up. You will learn how to get web store offers up and running, how to offer various discounts in the catalog, how to let the customers reduce the total price in the shopping cart by combining different products, and how to generate coupon codes that customers can use. Finally, we'll get serious and turn your plaything into a real web store, teaching you how to run it for real.

Who is this book for?

This book is for e-commerce merchants, e-commerce managers, and store administrators who are looking to migrate existing e-commerce stores to Magento 2. Magento administrators wishing to learn the benefits of Magento 2 will also find this book helpful. E-commerce professionals looking to build an online store will also get benefited from this book.

What you will learn

  • Build your first web store in Magento 2
  • Migrate your development environment to a live store
  • Configure your Magento 2 web store the right way, so that your taxes are handled properly
  • Create pages with arbitrary content
  • Create and manage customer contacts and accounts

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Table of Contents

21 Chapters
1. Introduction to Magento 2 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Installation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Migration Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Creating Your First Product, Images, Inventory, and Prices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Attribute Sets and Custom Attributes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Product Types Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Categories Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. CMS Pages, Blocks, and Widgets Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Managing Scope and Locale Settings Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. System Configuration Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
11. Working with Customers Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
12. Admin Users and Roles Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
13. Taxes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
14. Catalog and Shopping Cart Price Rules Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
15. Processing Payments Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
16. Configuring Shipping Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
17. Fulfilling Orders Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
18. Transactional E-mails and Newsletter Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
19. Reports Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
20. Customizing Your Magento Store Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
21. Store Maintenance Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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