Installation roadmap (reference)

This roadmap provides a reference for the installation process. Refer to this topic at any time to move back and forth through the stages of installation.

This is a list of the most common topics you’ll need for installation; the list is not comprehensive, however. You’ll find additional information using the table of contents on the left side of the page.

Precondition: How advanced are you?

Do you know what a “terminal” application is? Do you know what operating system your server runs? Do you know what Apache is? If not, see the Installation overview.

Installation part 1: Getting started

Topics include:

• Choose how to get the Magento software
• System requirements
• Prerequisites
• The Magento file system owner

Installation part 2: Installing

Topics include:

• Command line installation
• Setup Wizard installation
• Optional sample data

Installation part 3: Post-installation

Topics include:

• Verifying
• Configuring
• Optional sample data (after installing Magento)

Upgrade, update

Topics include:

• Upgrading (or patching the Magento application)
• Updating components (including install, uninstall, update, enable, disable)
• Contributing developers only: Contributing developers—update, reinstall Magento

Deploy to production

Deploy Magento to production