How to Install Magento 2.4.6 on Ubuntu 22.04

Magento is an open-source e-commerce platform that allows businesses to create and manage their online stores. It was first released in 2008 and has since become one of the most popular e-commerce platforms in the world.

Magento provides a range of features and tools that help businesses to customize their online store and manage their products, customers, and orders.

Some of the key features of Magento include a robust shopping cart system, customizable product pages, flexible pricing rules, integrated payment and shipping options, and a wide range of extensions and plugins that can be used to enhance the functionality of the platform.

Magento is also known for its scalability, which means it can be used by businesses of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises.

In this tutorial we will show you how to install the Open Source version of Magento 2.4.6 on Ubuntu 22.04 OS.

Before starting the installation, you can check the system requirement for installing Magento2:

Step 1: Update Operating System

Update your Ubuntu 22.04 operating system to make sure all existing packages are up to date:

# apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Step 2: Install Nginx web server

To install Nginx web server, run the following command:

# apt install nginx

Once installed, Nginx should be running. If it’s not, for whatever reason, start it:

# systemctl start nginx

Then enable it to start on boot time.

# systemctl enable nginx

Step 3: Install PHP and PHP extensions

Magento 2.4.6 comes with support for the latest PHP 8.2, while PHP 8.1 remains fully supported. By default, PHP 8.1 is included in the Ubuntu 22.04 default repository.

You can install PHP 8.1 using the following command:

# apt-get install php php-dev php-fpm php-bcmath php-intl php-soap php-zip php-curl php-mbstring php-mysql php-gd php-xml

Verify if PHP is installed.

php -v

Output:
PHP 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.11 (cli) (built: Feb 22 2023 22:56:18) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.1.2, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.1.2-1ubuntu2.11, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Update php.ini file

Now it’s time to increase values in the php.ini file.

To locate the PHP configuration file run the following command:

# php --ini | grep "Loaded Configuration File"

Output:
Loaded Configuration File:         /etc/php/8.1/cli/php.ini

Open php.ini file:

# nano /etc/php/8.1/cli/php.ini

Change the following data:

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

Then save this php.ini file.

After that, you should restart nginx for the configuration to take effect:

# systemctl restart nginx

Step 4: Install MySQL 8 and create a database

You can install MySQL with the following command:

# apt install mysql-server

Start the database server daemon, and also enable it to start automatically at the next boot with the following commands:

# systemctl start mysql
# systemctl enable mysql

Once the database server is installed, log into the MySQL prompt:

#  mysql -u root -p

To create a database, database user, and grant all privileges to the database user run the following commands:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE magentodb;
mysql> CREATE USER 'magentouser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyPassword';
mysql> GRANT ALL ON magentodb.* TO 'magentouser'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT

Step 5: Installing Elasticsearch

Starting Magento 2.4, all installations must be configured to use Elasticsearch as the catalog search engine.

Import the Elasticsearch GPG key.

# wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg

Add the Elasticsearch repository.

# echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg] https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/8.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-8.x.list

Update the apt package manager and install Elasticsearch:

# apt update && apt install elasticsearch

Then start and enable the service.

# systemctl start elasticsearch

# systemctl enable elasticsearch

Now open the elasticsearch.yml file

sudo nano  /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

and replace this setting with false:

# Enable security features
xpack.security.enabled: false

After that, you should restart elasticsearch service for the configuration to take effect:

# systemctl restart elasticsearch.service

To verify that Elasticsearch is running correctly, you will use the curl command:

# curl -X GET "localhost:9200/"

If Elasticsearch is working properly, the result should be like this:

{
  "name" : "ubuntu",
  "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
  "cluster_uuid" : "KPbFKCVLT9uu-RFxzxH_Bw",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "8.6.2",
    "build_flavor" : "default",
    "build_type" : "deb",
    "build_hash" : "2d58d0f136141f03239816a4e360a8d17b6d8f29",
    "build_date" : "2023-02-13T09:35:20.314882762Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "9.4.2",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "7.17.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "7.0.0"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

Step 6: Install Composer

To download Composer, run the following command:

# curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Next, move the composer file to the /usr/local/bin path.

# mv composer.phar  /usr/local/bin/composer

Assign execute permission:

# chmod +x   /usr/local/bin/composer

Verify the Composer version installed:

# composer --version

Output:
Composer version 2.5.4 2023-02-15 13:10:06

Step 7: Install Magento 2.4.6

For most situation it is recommended to install Magento using the Marketplace by creating access key.
For generating Access keys go to:

My profile > Marketplace > My products > Access Keys

Run the following  command to download Magento 2.4.6 data:

# composer create-project --repository-url=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition=2.4.6 /var/www/magento2

Username : Your Public Key
Password : Your Private Key

Navigate to the Magento directory:

# cd /var/www/magento2

Chmod cache and static content folder

find var generated vendor pub/static pub/media app/etc -type f -exec chmod g+w {} +

Change the ownership of the Magento directory to the webserver user and also the permissions:

# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/magento2
# chmod -R 755 /var/www/magento2

Now, install Magento using the composer command, type:

# bin/magento setup:install \
--base-url=http://your-domain.com \
--db-host=localhost \
--db-name=magentodb \
--db-user=magentouser \
--db-password=MyPassword \
--admin-firstname=Admin \
--admin-lastname=User \
--admin-email=admin@your-domain.com \
--admin-user=admin \
--admin-password=admin123 \
--language=en_US \
--currency=USD \
--timezone=America/Chicago \
--use-rewrites=1

After the installation process you will see the admin link for your Magento site.

[SUCCESS]: Magento installation complete.
[SUCCESS]: Magento Admin URI: /admin_o07lew
Nothing to import.

Step 8: Configure Nginx Web Server for Magento 2.4.6

Navigate to /etc/nginx/conf.d directory and run the following command to create a configuration file for your Magento installation:

# nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/magento2.conf

Add the following content:

upstream fastcgi_backend {
  server  unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;
}

server {

  listen 80;
  server_name your-domain.com www.your-domain.com;
  set $MAGE_ROOT /var/www/magento2;
  include /var/www/magento2/nginx.conf.sample;
}

Save the file and Exit.

Restart the Nginx web server.

# systemctl restart nginx

Step 9: Access your Magento 2.4.6 Application

Open your browser and type your domain e.g http://your-domain.com

Comments and Conclusion

That’s it. You have successfully installed Open Source version of Magento 2.4.6 on Ubuntu 22.04.

If you have any questions please leave a comment below.