2.13.9.1. Magento 2.3.6 installation

To install Magento do the following:

1. Register on Magento official website and on download page select and download on your PC the archive with the distribution kit version 2.3.6.
2. Place the distribution files on the hosting:
   1. Via filemanager or any FTPclient upload the archive to hosting in root directory preliminarily added site.
   2. Unpack downloaded archive with filemanager.
   3. Replace two files .htaccesshosted in site root directory and subdirectory pub, for files fromhere or edit them yourself like this:
      1. Find a line like this:

         Options +FollowSymlinks

         Replace it with this:

         Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

      2. Find all such blocks of code:

         <IfVersion < 2.4>
             order allow,deny
             deny from all
         </IfVersion>
         <IfVersion >= 2.4>
             Require all denied
         </IfVersion>

         Replace each of them with this line:

         Require all denied

3. Make sure the site is set PHP version 7.3 (official requirements).
4. Prepare the database:
   • If there is no free database, create a new.
   • If there is an unused database, you can clear and use it.
5. Disable IP Access Restriction in MySQL security settings... If this is not done, after specifying the connection data to the database, Magento will inform you that the user has insufficient rights and will not allow the installation to proceed.
6. Install:
   1. Open the site in a browser.
   2. Read the license and accept it.
   3. Step 1: Readiness check. Click the test button and make sure that all the conditions for the installation are met (there is a green checkmark in each line).
   4. Step 2: Add a database. Specify the settings for connecting to the database:
      • «Database Server Host"- instead of localhost indicate host (server) address of databases.
      • «Database Server Username"- instead of root indicate username (login) of the database.
      • «Database Server Password"- specify database user password.
      • «Database Name"- instead of magento indicate database name.
      • «Table prefix"- leave it blank or specify any prefix of your choice.
   5. Step 3: Web config:
      • Basic settings:
        • «Your Store Address"- the address at which the site will operate. Determined automatically.
        • «Magento Admin Address"- the address where the site admin panel will be available. It is generated automatically. You can specify your own instead of the generated one.
      • Additional settings ("Advanced Options»):
        • «HTTPS Options"- setting up HTTPS in the main part of the site and its admin panel. If to the site already connected SSL certificate and not involved redirect to HTTP, options can be enabled immediately.
        • «Apache Rewrites"- support for Apache redirects. The option must be left enabled.
        • «Encryption Key"- encryption key. You can leave the value "I want to use a Magento generated key"Selected by default.
        • «Session Save"- a storage location for sessions. You can leave the value "Files"Selected by default.
   6. Step 4: Store setup. Specify the desired time zone, currency and language.
   7. Step 5: Create an administrator account. Provide administrator details (they will be used to access site admin panels):
      • «New Username" - Username.
      • «New Email" - mail.
      • «New Password"And"Confirm Password"- password.
   8. Step 6: Installation. Click the install button and wait for the operation to complete.
   9. For security change access rights to catalog app/etc and remove write permissions in its properties.
7. Check the site is working.