Magento developers may be tempted to launch their online store, set up the initial configuration, and get going!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, it is very much likely that you may face some error, install a poor quality extension, or something may go wrong that will disrupt the store functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore, it is essential to set up staging environment in Magento 2<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is like playing with fire for a Magento developer to perform tasks such as upgrade, migrate, or customize in live store rather than in the staging environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Staging environment provides a near-production environment that includes a database, web server, and all the services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can use the staging area to see if, say, the upgrade process will go smoothly or not! It allows using both the front and backend of your site to see if everything is running properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check the whole staging environment after any modification,\u00a0upgrading to latest Magento 2 version<\/a>, or\u00a0installing a Magento extension<\/a>. If everything works properly in the staging area of a primary store, then follow the same in your live site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now that you know how much necessary it is to set up staging environment in Magento 2, here\u2019s the exact method for the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just follow the below steps, and your staging area will be ready to execute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are four main basic steps to set up the staging environment of your primary store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Create Staging Sub Domain or Create Subfolder Under Your root Directory<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Create Staging Database<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Copy Production Store<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Update Configuration in Database<\/p>\n\n\n\n Setup a subdomain <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Login to your hosting server(i.e., cPanel) for your domain, create a subdomain or create the subfolder under your root directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Setup a blank database<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Copy our production store over to the sub domain directory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Update the Unsecure and Secure URL for our staging store:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pass the below commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here you go, once you set up the staging area, you can modify code, content as per your requirement without the fear of stopping the live site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, upgrading a Magento store is one of the most complex tasks of Magento. So, use the above steps to set up the staging environment and then upgrade your store safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still, if you find any difficulty while upgrading your store, Meetanshi\u2019s experienced and certified developers offer professional\u00a0Magento Upgrade Service<\/a>\u00a0to upgrade your store to the\u00a0latest Magento 2 without any data loss and zero downtime. You may also love to read our blog post on\u00a0setting up store information in Magento 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you find any difficulty while setting up the staging area of your Magento store, do share that with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ll be happy to help you out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Magento developers may be tempted to launch their online store, set up the initial configuration, and get going! However, it is very much likely that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1722"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21319,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions\/21319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Steps to Set Up Staging Environment in Magento 2:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Create Staging Sub Domain or Create Subfolder Under Your root Directory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Create Staging Database<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Copy Production Store<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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zip -r mtbackup21012021.zip app\/ bin\/ dev\/ downloads\/ generated\/ info\/ lib\/ phpserver\/ setup\/ update\/ vendor\/<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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mysqldump -u [database_user] -p [database_name] > backup_livestore.sql<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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mysql -p -u STAGING_DBUSER STAGING_DBNAME < backup_livestore.sql<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Update Configuration in Database<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
SELECT * FROM `core_config_data` WHERE `path` LIKE '%base_url%';<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nUPDATE core_config_data SET value = 'staging_url' WHERE path LIKE 'web\/unsecure\/base_url';<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nUPDATE core_config_data SET value = 'staging_url' WHERE path LIKE 'web\/unsecure\/base_url';<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n