Magento Open Source 2.1.5 Release Notes

• System requirements
• Install the Magento software
• Upgrade from an earlier version
• Migration toolkits
• Credits

We are pleased to present Magento Open Source (formerly Community Edition) 2.1.5.

This release updates the copyright date in every file. It does not contain any functional changes or security improvements. Isolating these changes in a single release is intended to simplify future updates and developer workflow.

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System requirements

Our technology stack is built on PHP and MySQL. For more information, see System Requirements.

Install the Magento software

You can get Magento Open Source (formerly Community Edition) 2.1 from GitHub, Composer, or using a compressed archive.

See one of the following sections for more information:

• Get the Magento Open Source software using Composer
• Get a compressed archive
• Complete the installation

Get the Magento Open Source software using Composer

The Open Source software is available from repo.magento.com. Before getting the Open Source software, familiarize yourself with the Composer metapackage prerequisites, then run

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composer create-project --repository=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition=<version> <installation directory name>

where <version> is 2.1.0, 2.1.1, and so on

For example, to install Magento Open Source 2.1.1 in the magento2 directory:

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composer create-project --repository=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition=2.1.1 magento2

Get a compressed archive

The following table discusses where to get the Magento software. We provide the following downloads:

• Magento Open Source software only
• Magento Open Source software with sample data (designed to help you learn Magento faster)

These packages are easy to get and install. You don’t need to use Composer, all you need to do is to upload a package to your Magento server or hosted platform, unpack it, and run the web-based Setup Wizard.

Archives are available in the following formats: .zip, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz

To get the Magento Open Source software archive:

1. Go to http://magento.com/download.

2. Choose either the software or the software and sample data:

   • Magento-CE-<version>.* (without sample data)
   • Magento-CE-<version>+Samples.* (with sample data)

   <version> is the three-digit release number (for example, 2.0.7, 2.1.0, and so on).

Complete the installation

After you get the Open Source software:

1. Set file system ownership and permissions.

2. Install the software:

   • Web Setup Wizard
   • Command line

Upgrade from an earlier version

See the following sections for more information.

Upgrade an existing installation from the GitHub repository

Developers who contribute to the Open Source codebase can upgrade manually from the Magento Open Source GitHub repository.

1. Go to the Contributing Developers page.

2. Follow the instructions to pull the updates from the repository and update using Composer.

Other upgrades

Other types of upgrades are discussed in Upgrade to Magento version 2.1 (June 22, 2016).

Migration toolkits

The Data Migration Tool helps transfer existing Magento 1.x store data to Magento 2.x. This command-line interface includes verification, progress tracking, logging, and testing functions. For installation instructions, see Install the Data Migration Tool. Consider exploring or contributing to the Magento Data Migration repository.

The Code Migration Toolkit helps transfer existing Magento 1.x store extensions and customizations to Magento 2.0.x. The command-line interface includes scripts for converting Magento 1.x modules and layouts.

Credits

Dear community members, thank you for your suggestions and bug reports.