As promised Magento released the developer Beta version of Magento 2 today. In this article we will take a quick look at the prerequisites and steps needed to install and preview Magento 2!
If you want to learn more before you get your hands on code, terminal and other geeky stuff, and want to find out all the new features of this wonderful platform, I invite you to read the article on all the new features: Magento 2 - Features and What's New in the New Version
The complete lal installation guide is available in English on GiHub, on the related Magento 2 page, or on the official Magento website, also in English, which you can find here.
Let us now look at the main steps to follow for installation.
Step 1: System Prerequisites for Magento 2
Before installing Magento 2, make sure you have all of these features on your server.
| Prerequisites | How to check from terminal - SSH | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Apache 2.2 or 2.4 | Ubuntu: apache -vCentOS: httpd -v |
Apache |
| PHP 5.4.x (where x = 11 or later) or 5.5.x | php -v |
PHP Ubuntu PHP CentOS |
| MySQL 5.6.x | mysql -u [root user name] -p |
MySQL |
Step 2: Prepare the installation
After checking the prerequisites, perform the following steps to prepare to install Magento 2.
- Install Composer
- Clone the Magento 2 repository from github
Step 3: Install and verify the installation
- Update installation dependencies
- Install Magento:
- Install Magento using the web interface
- Install magento from terminal, via SSH
- Verify installation
Stay tuned and we will publish the complete Magento 2 installation and configuration guide in the coming days!