How to Install Magento

There are two main ways to install Magento. The fastest and easiest one is to use the Softaculous autoinstaller available in cPanel. To learn how to install Magento via this tool, check our Magento Softaculous Installation Tutorial.

You can also perform a manual installation using the Magento Installation Wizard. Read along to see how to do that.

Manual Installation of Magento

The steps which you must follow in order to complete the Magento manual installation are:

STEP 1Download the latest stable Magento package from:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/download.

STEP 2Upload the package on your hosting account through your cPanel -> File Manager or using an FTP client.

You can learn more about cPanel from our cPanel Tutorial.

There are 2 options where you can place the Magento download file:

• Either under the public_html folder, which is the main one for your web site content. Then your web site will be accessible directly through your domain.
• Or under a subfolder, for example if your domain name is called yourdomainname.com and you decide to install the script in the public_html/magento folder, you will open the web site at: http://yourdomainname.com/magento.

Once you upload the package, you can extract it through your cPanel -> File Manager. Using the same tool, please change the file permissions for the Magento files to 755.

STEP 3Create a MySQL database and assign a user to it through cPanel -> MySQL Databases. Remember the database details, since you will need them during the script installation.

STEP 4In our example we will install Magento in the public_html/magento folder. Once the package is uploaded and extracted and you have a MySQL database, navigate to http://yourdomainname.com/magento:

         

Click on the check box next to "I agree to the above terms and conditions" and click on the Continue button.

STEP 5Choose the preferred Time Zone, Locale and Currency:

         

Click on the Continue button.

STEP 6Enter the database details: Database Name, User Name and User Password. You can leave the other options intact.Click on the check box next to "Skip Base URL validation before next step".

       

Click on the Continue button.

STEP 7At this point you should enter the personal information and the admin login details which you want to use. You can leave the Encryption Key field empty and the script will generate one for you.

       

Click on the Continue button.

STEP 8Write down your encryption key; it will be used by Magento to encrypt passwords, credit cards and other confidential information.

       

Well Done!Your Magento installation was successfully completed. Now you can navigate to its Frontend or Backend.

Automatic Magento Installation via cPanel Site Software

Magento installation is easy and fast through the Site Software tool in cPanel.

First go to cPanel find the Site Software icon.

       

Find Magento in the Ecommerce section and open it.

       

Enter the admin user name and the corresponding password.

You can also define the folder for your Magento installation. Leaving it blank will install the script directly in the web root directory for your account.

Click on the Install button to complete the script installation.

At the end you will get a confirmation screen with the URLs of your installation's front and back ends, the Magento admin login details and the link to the SiteGround Magento tutorial. The Magento encryption key will also be visualised.