How to Install Magento 2 on Ubuntu: Step-by-step [2026]

Hey, Magento Geeks!

You’ve already made a great choice to install Magento 2 on Ubuntu.

Ubuntu is a preferred OS for installing Magento 2 for many developers and merchants. It is a feature-rich, reliable, and secure Linux-based system that Adobe recommends for full capacity and compatibility.

In this post, find the complete steps to install Magento 2 on Ubuntu.

How to Install Magento 2 on Ubuntu?

Before starting the Ubuntu Magento installation process–check the Magento 2 system requirements. Double-check the required hardware setup for the Magento version you’re installing.

Follow these steps to install Magento 2 on Ubuntu:

Step 1: Install & Configure Apache2 Server & PHP Extensions

Install & Configure Apache2 Server

Apache is an open-source web server software that you’ll need to install Magento 2 on Ubuntu.

Run the following commands to install Apache in Ubuntu:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2

To auto-run Apache2 during system startup, use the following command:

sudo systemctl enable apache2.service

Create a magento2.conf file using the following command to declare Magento 2 site configuration for Apache2:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/magento2.conf

Now, open the created file. Copy and paste the following configuration into it:

    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined


    ServerName your-magento-2-store-url.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/magento2/pub

Remember to replace the server address from “your-magento-2-store-url.com” to your actual Magento 2 store URL.

If installing Magento 2 on Ubuntu locally, you can change it to localhost.com. You’ll also need to update the hosts file at /etc/hosts with

127.0.0.1 your-magento-2-store-url.com

Run the following command to enable mod rewrite:

sudo a2ensite magento2.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite

Install PHP 8.2 & Required Extensions

You’ll also need to install PHP 8.2 and its extensions required for installing Magento 2 in Ubuntu. You can run the following single command to do that:

sudo apt install php8.2 libapache2-mod-php8.2 php8.2-common php8.2-gmp php8.2-curl php8.2-soap php8.2-bcmath php8.2-intl php8.2-mbstring php8.2-xmlrpc php8.2-mysql php8.2-gd php8.2-xml php8.2-cli php8.2-zip

Now, open thephp.inifile and configure it as following:

file_uploads = On
allow_url_fopen = On
short_open_tag = On
memory_limit = 512M
upload_max_filesize = 128M
max_execution_time = 3600

Save the file and restart the Apache2 server using the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

Step 2: Install Database Server

MariaDB is a preferred database server for Magento 2 and Adobe Commerce. To install MariaDB server and client in Ubuntu, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

To auto-start the database server on system startup, run the following command:

sudo systemctl restart mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service

Now, run the following command to set up a MariaDB server in Ubuntu:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Select the following options when prompted:

• Enter current password for root (enter for none): Press Enter
• Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
• New password: Type your password
• Re-enter new password: Type your password
• Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
• Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
• Remove the test database and access it. [Y/n]: Y
• Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y

Step 3: Create MySQL User

Magento 2 can not be installed to the default root user. You’ll need to create a new database user.

Run the following command to log into MariDB:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Now, run the following command to create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE magento2

Create a new user called ‘Meetanshi’ using the following command:

CREATE USER 'meetanshi'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR_PASSWORD';

Grant meetanshi user to magento2 database:

GRANT ALL ON magento2.* TO 'meetanshi'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR_PASSWORD' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Finally, flush the privileges and exit.

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 4: Install Composer

Magento 2 requires Composer for dependency management. You can either download and install Composer in Ubuntu manually or run the following command to do that:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

To check if the Composer has been successfully installed, run the following version check command:

composer -v

Step 5: Download & Install Magento 2 in Ubuntu

Download Latest Magento 2 Package

Go to one of these resources and download the zip file of the latest Magento 2 version:

• Magento 2 Download
• Magento 2 Releases on GitHub

Now, extract the zip file to the /var/www/html/ folder.

Run the following command to set the permissions:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/magento2/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/magento2/

Install Magento 2 on Ubuntu

Open the /var/www/html/magento2 folder and run the following command:

php bin/magento setup:install –base-url=https://magento2.com/ –db-host=127.0.0.1 –db-name=magento2 –db-user=meetanshi –db-password=password –admin-firstname=admin –admin-lastname=admin –[email protected] –admin-user=admin –admin-password=admin123 –languag e=en_US –currency=USD –timezone=America/Chicago –use-rewrites=1 –backend-frontname=”admin” –search-engine=elasticsearch7

The above command installs the Magento 2 on Ubuntu using with preset configuration. You can adjust the values of these parameters to install Magento 2 as per your needs. For e.g., you can modify the login username and password.

Once the command has executed successfully, you can access the Magento 2 in the local server.

• Frontend URL: https://magento2.com/
• Admin Login URL: https://magento2.com/admin
• Admin Username: admin
• Admin Password: admin123

That’s it! Congratulate yourself on successfully setting up Magento 2 store on Ubuntu.

If you’ve any doubts regarding how to install Magento 2 on Ubuntu or if you face any problems, feel free to reach out through comments. I will be happy to help you.