The tutorial includes the stepwise method to deploy static content in Magento 2.
Trace the static view files in the static directory of your Magento 2 store at your Magento install dir>/pub/static. Some files are also cached in the Magento install dir>/var/view_preprocessed directory.
One needs to write static view files manually to the file system of the Magento 2 store with CLI command. After running the CLI command, restrict permissions to limit vulnerabilities as well as for the prevention of malicious overwriting of files.
Note: It is required to clean the old files of CSS, Javascript, layouts, etc to make sure that static files run smoothly on enabling a new module in the developer mode.
Clean the generated static view files with the below steps:
Manual method:
Clear all the files under pub/static directory except .htaccess file with the below command:
find . -depth -name .htaccess -prune -o -delete
Automated method:
- Login to Admin panel
- Go to Systems > Tools > Cache Management
- Click the Flush Static Files Cache.
Method for Magento 2 Static Content Deploy via Command Line:
Navigate to Magento admin root folder. Show usages:
1 | php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f |
Usage:
1 | setup:static-content:deploy [options] [--] [<languages>]... |
Arguments:
| Languages | Space-separated list of ISO-636 language codes for which to output static view files. |
| Options | Description | |
| -f | —force | Deploy files in any mode |
| -s | –strategy[=STRATEGY] | Deploy files using specified strategy. |
| -a | –area | Generate files only for the specified areas. [default: [“all”]] (multiple values allowed) |
| –exclude-area[=EXCLUDE-AREA] | Do not generate files for the specified areas. [default: [“none”]] (multiple values allowed) | |
| -t | –theme[=THEME] | Generate static view files for only the specified themes. [default: [“all”]] (multiple values allowed) |
| –exclude-theme[=EXCLUDE-THEME] | Do not generate files for the specified themes. [default: [“none”]] (multiple values allowed) | |
| -l | –language[=LANGUAGE] | Generate files only for the specified languages. [default: [“all”]] (multiple values allowed) |
| –exclude-language[=EXCLUDE-LANGUAGE] | Do not generate files for the specified languages. [default: [“none”]] (multiple values allowed) | |
| -j
| –jobs[=JOBS] | Enable parallel processing using the specified number of jobs. [default: 0] |
| –symlink-locale | Create symlinks for the files of those locales, which are passed for deployment, but have no customizations. | |
| –content-version=CONTENT-VERSION | Custom version of static content can be used if running deployment on multiple nodes to ensure that static content version is identical and caching works properly. | |
| –refresh-content-version-only | Refreshing the version of static content only can be used to refresh static content in browser cache and CDN cache. | |
| –no-javascript | Do not deploy JavaScript files. | |
| –no-css | Do not deploy CSS files. | |
| –no-less | Do not deploy LESS files. | |
| –no-images | Do not deploy images. | |
| –no-fonts | Do not deploy font files. | |
| –no-html | Do not deploy HTML files. | |
| –no-misc | Do not deploy files of other types (.md, .jbf, .csv, etc.). | |
| –no-html-minify | Do not minify HTML files. | |
| -h | –help | Display this help message |
| -q | –quiet | Do not output any messages |
| -V | –version | Display this application version |
| –ansi | Force ANSI output | |
| –no-ansi | Disable ANSI output | |
| -n | –no-interaction | Do not ask any interactive question |
| -v|vv|vvv | –verbose | Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug |
Simply run the below command to deploy static content in your store when you install an extension
1 | php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f |
That was all about the Magento 2 Static Content Deploy!
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