{"id":60635,"date":"2021-01-13T08:27:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/?p=60635"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:58:00","slug":"how-to-install-magento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-magento\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Magento"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Starting a new online store sounds tempting. The global ecommerce business recorded sales exceeding $6 trillion<\/strong> in 2025, and by 2028, this figure is expected to reach $8 trillion<\/strong>. At the same time, launching a new online retailing business has never been easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, a shopping cart application like Magento can help with pretty much everything \u2013 products, pricing, payments, deliveries, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, to take full advantage of it, you need to invest some time in getting to know it and learning about its features and architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning how to install Magento is the very first step. So, let’s get to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before You Begin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Magento is one of the world’s most popular ecommerce platforms, but it rarely comes pre-deployed with any host, so you have to install it yourself. There are a couple of ways to do it, but whichever you choose, you first have to ensure your hosting environment meets Magento’s requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s start with the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Software requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Magento started off as an open-source platform written in PHP<\/strong>. Most applications of this kind are usually deployed on top of LAMP and LNMP stacks<\/strong>. In other words, it works on L<\/strong>inux servers with either A<\/strong>pache or N<\/strong>ginx, M<\/strong>ySQL, and P<\/strong>HP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pretty much any modern Linux distribution can support Magento. As for the rest of the critical software components, the versions you need to look for are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n