Install Magento on Ubuntu

What you need

1. Ubuntu. An LTS release (20.04, 22.04 or newer).
2. A server with at least 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or more is better for Magento).
3. A LAMP stack. Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
4. A domain name or a subdomain to open the store.

Step 1: Install Apache

sudo apt update && sudo apt install apache2 -y

sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2

Step 2: Install MySQL

sudo apt install mysql-server

sudo systemctl start mysql && sudo systemctl enable mysql

Step 3: Install PHP

sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-dom php-xml

Add the extra modules Magento needs:

sudo apt install php-zip php-soap php-bcmath php-intl php-mbstring php-xsl

Raise the PHP limits in php.ini (for example memory_limit = 2G, max_execution_time = 1800), then restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 4: Create the database

sudo mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE magento;

Create a user (use a strong password, and localhost unless the database is on another machine):

CREATE USER 'magento_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strong_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON magento.* TO 'magento_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

Step 5: Download and extract Magento

Download the Magento 2 archive from the Magento Open Source download page (a free Adobe account is needed).

Extract it into the web folder:

sudo tar -xvf ~/Downloads/magento2-2.4.7-p1.tar.gz -C /var/www/html

Set the owner:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html

Step 6: Create the Apache virtual host

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

Add (use your own domain; pub is the web root of Magento 2.4 if you point to it):

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    <Directory /var/www/html>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/magento_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/magento_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Enable the site and the rewrite module, then reload:

sudo a2ensite magento.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl reload apache2

Step 7: Install Magento

Open your domain in the browser. The installer asks you to:

• Accept the terms and conditions.
• Choose the language and currency.
• Enter the database details (database magento, the user and password from step 4).
• Set the admin user, password and email address.

  

After the install, write down the admin URL. Then secure the store with an SSL certificate and keep Magento updated.

Quick recap

• Install the LAMP stack and the PHP modules Magento needs.
• Create a database, extract Magento and make a virtual host.
• Finish with the web installer, and add SSL.