How To Upgrade From Magento 2.0.0 to Magento 2.0.1

Magento is a pioneering the eCommerce industry worldwide by delivering an incredible solution to businesses for creating an enticing web presence. Magento has successfully retained the quality and ease of managing an online store with timely software updates. The updates are released to make sure the websites are well equipped to foil malicious attacks and serve the users with a technology equipped shopping experience. These kind of CMS are bound to be updated regularly. So, lets see how to upgrade from Magento 2.0.0 to Magento 2.0.1

Magento 2.0 brought magnanimous changes to the performance improvement of online stores that were powered by Magento application. The previous version was also well tailored to meet the varying business requirements of merchants across the globe, whereas the launch of a newer version was a need of the day.

It came up with lots of built in features with more security, better user interface, appealing design, and impressive performance. Though it was a major release, merchants were required to make lots of changes like carrying on the entire customization and reinstalling all the extensions with a compatibility of the latest version. For example, the online stores that have configured Magento Facebook Login extension for allowing users to easily register and sign-in to their accounts on the older version acquired a fresh copy of the plugin and installed it on Magento 2.0.

Now, that most of the merchants have moved or planned to move, Magento keeps on updating them with the latest version to let them carry online businesses with a complete peace of mind. Please follow through this article to find different methods to update your core eCommerce application.

How to Upgrade From Magento 2.0.0 to Magento 2.0.1?

Having the latest version of Magento means you are all set to take off your flight towards the limitless business opportunities online. Improving business productivity and making your online store more engaging is possible with all the security updates.

Magento is continuing improving its core application to let you avail every single opportunity of maximizing your business and converting visitors into customers. Update your business website to the latest version and you are all set to compete your rivals and reach a targeted community. Following are two different ways to upgrade Magento from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1 version. Select any method, follow the steps, you will end up with a successful update.

Updating with a composer

If you wish to update the latest version of Magento, make sure you have access to the command line as this method is not for ordinary users. It requires prior experience of using the command line just like the way programmers need to access and modify it. Here is a step by step process of updating Magento 2.0.0 to Magento 2.0.1 version with the composer.

Step 1: Sign in to your Magento 2 application with Secure Shell (SSH)

ssh your-username@$your-server-ip

Step 2: Move to the installation directory of Magento that is

/home/cloudpanel/htdocs/magento2.mgtcommerce.com/

Step 3: Edit the file named as Composer.json to change the Magento version to the latest one. For example, replace the version 2.0.0 to 2.0.1

Repeat the same modification under the ‘require’ command as

“require”: { “magento/product-community-edition”:”2.0.1”,

Step 4: Execute Compose command

composer update

Step 5: Now Run Magento CLI command to upgrade the database

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

Step 6: Clean Magento cache

php bin/magento cache:flush

Step 7: Redeploy Static content

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Step 8: Product DI (Dependcy Injection) content

php bin/magento setup:di:compile

Step 9: Execute indexers

php bin/magento indexer:reindex

Step 10. Validate the latest version update by running Magento 2 CLI.

php bin/magento

 

Upgrade Magento 2.0.0 to 2.0.2 (via Magento admin)

Upgrading Magento version with the help of admin access is the simplest and recommended method. Store managers who are not fluent in coding or a programming language can easily upgrade Magento version because it does not require access and expertise to modify the code through a command line.

Step 1: Log in to Magento control panel as administrator

Step 2: Navigate to System \ Tools and select Web Setup Wizard

Step 3: Click System Configuration box

Step 4: Type the authentication keys in the fields that are labeled as Public key, and Private key. Following are some of the recommendations while entering the keys.

• Get access to your authentication keys before initiating the upgrade or update process. These are the same keys you have entered while the installation of Magento application.
• The authentication keys you possess can only work for the application you install. The keys of Magento Community Edition (CE) will not work on upgrading or updating to the latest version of Magento Enterprise Edition (EE) and vice versa.
• The authentication keys of another Magento user or shared accounts are also not applicable for updating version on your website.

Step 5: Hit Save Config.

Step 6: Move to Upgrade the system menu

By doing this, Magento instantly starts finding the updates about the core module. If you like to find component updates, you need to click ‘Yes’ on the screen.

Once the search is complete, a list of available updates will appear on the screen.

Step 7: Select Magento version 2.0.1 from the field labeled as Step 1: Select Version

Continue with the configuration by moving to the next step that is readiness. if you get an error, make sure you to run the crone job, or for further assistance, you can refer to the official documentation by Magento.

Step 8: Click ‘Upgrade’ option and wait until the version updates and you are notified with a welcome message.

The error you may face while updating the latest version of Magento

You can encounter an error that doesn’t permit the completion of Magento software update. It may be due to several reasons, whereas the primary one is not entering the authentication keys in the admin panel. It may appear like this

Conclusion

Updating Magento to the latest version is easier than making changes to any other eCommerce application. The well-designed user interface allows you to easily access the control panel, select the latest version, and continue with the simple configuration. We hope the above tutorials will help you quickly update without asking any expert’s advice.

Also, dont forget to read How to submit a Magento 2 extension to the marketplace? and How To Create A Hello World Extension In Magento 2.

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Written by Paul Simmons