[Upgrade to Magento 2.3.x was originally written for 2.3.0; however, we have upgraded several customers to 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 with this process.] With Magento’s new big release of 2.3.x that is loaded with features, improvements, and security updates, how can one not feel the temptation not to attempt an upgrade? Even out of necessity, because… Continue reading How to upgrade Magento 2.2.4+ to Magento 2.3.x
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Solved! How to Enable Magento 2 Database Logging
Sometimes you just need Magento’s database to tell all, and a very easy way to accomplish this is with the following: Note: We know this works on Magento 2.3.0 Open-Source running on an aMiSTACX deployment, but we are not sure how far back it will work for Magento 2 Open-Source. From CLI: Enable cd /var/www/magento… Continue reading Solved! How to Enable Magento 2 Database Logging
How to install Composer on Ubuntu
Composer and aMiSTACX All of our G6 ~ G3 Linux stacks already have Composer preinstalled. In a situation that composer is not installed on your stack, please contact support or follow the guidelines set here for proper installation. Info! Do NOT install composer 2.x on pre 2.4.2 Magento OSE stacks. If you need to roll-back… Continue reading How to install Composer on Ubuntu
AWS RDS Read Replicas for Magento and WordPress
S3Sonic Overview As part of our S3 Titanium High Availablity Series for Magento Open-Source, we introduced our S3Sonic module to offer easy on-the-fly RDS Read Replica provisioning for AWS RDS instances. Our S3Sonic High-Availability module will allow the configuration and use of AWS Database Read Replicas from the Magento 2.2.5+ admin console. RDS read replicas… Continue reading AWS RDS Read Replicas for Magento and WordPress
Improving Time to First Byte TTFB
Improve TTFB for Magento 2 and WordPress Seems of late that TTFB is the focus of many. Well for aMiSTACX it is important, but not the Golden Grail of high performance stack building. We prefer overall speed and reliability to just how fast TTFB can be. [Reminds me of a post on the Magento Community… Continue reading Improving Time to First Byte TTFB
Magento 2 Case Study with Fashion retailer David James Kerr
How aMiSTACX helped fashion retailer DJK NOT to break the Internet. If you haven’t heard of men and junior fashion retailer DJK out of Ireland, you soon will. He is destined to be a household name up with the greats like Diesel and Hilfiger. What sets him apart from everyone else is his story, and… Continue reading Magento 2 Case Study with Fashion retailer David James Kerr
Upgrade Magento 2 using Composer
Upgrade Magento 2 to the latest version using Composer [aMiSTACX] Make sure everything is working BEFORE you attempt to upgrade. Also, plan your PHP version ahead of time. Pre-Upgrade Recommendations We will take a manual full image before we start. [You can also use A51’s instant backup.] sudo php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer Disable ALL 3rd… Continue reading Upgrade Magento 2 using Composer
Solved Magento 2 One or more integrations
Solved – One or more integrations have been reset because of a change to their xml configs. One of the most annoying messages to come from recent Magento 2 installs is the above message. Not only is it annoying, but it appears to slow down the loading of the Magento Admin console. The name of… Continue reading Solved Magento 2 One or more integrations
AWS S3 Module for Magento 2
Horizontal Scaling for Magento 2.2.5+ w/ aMiSTACX S3R-Alpha Module Our new S3R-Alpha Module for AWS S3. This will allow serving all Magento Open Source media images and static content from AWS S3. Resulting in faster performance, less local storage, memory and CPU usage, and a step towards the ability of Magento 2 to horizontal scale… Continue reading AWS S3 Module for Magento 2
Magento 2 Set Production Mode Error
Magento 2 Set Production Mode Error: /usr/bin/php7.3 -f /var/www/html/bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy You may see the above error when attempting to switch to Production Mode on Magento 2.x. [As you want to switch to production mode in a public environment so that exception printing is turned OFF.] The cause and the issue has to do with something… Continue reading Magento 2 Set Production Mode Error