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CLI / Terminal Access

30-60 minAdvanced

Adobe Commerce (Magento) relies heavily on its CLI tool (`bin/magento`) for almost all administrative and deployment tasks.

Prerequisites

  • PHP (Version matching Magento requirements)
  • Composer
  • Elasticsearch / OpenSearch
Advanced

Installing CLI

Magento is installed via Composer.

1

Install Project

1

Run composer create-project --repository-url=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition .

2

Run bin/magento setup:install to configure the database and admin user

Example
composer install
bin/magento setup:install --base-url=http://localhost/ --db-host=localhost --db-name=magento --db-user=root --admin-firstname=Admin --admin-lastname=User --admin-email=admin@example.com --admin-user=admin --admin-password=Password123

Verification Checklist

  • bin/magento returns list of commands
  • Admin panel accessible

Pro Tips

  • In developer mode (`bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer`), static files are generated on demand (slow first load, fast debug).
  • Use `bin/magento module:status` to check enabled modules.