### Open Shopware Installer in browser

Source: https://docs.shopware.com/en/shopware-6-en/first-steps/installing-shopware-6

After placing the shopware-installer.phar.php file in a folder on your webserver, open it in your web browser to start the installation or update process.

```text
www.my-url.com/ShopwareFolder/shopware-installer.phar.php
```

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### Apache2 vHost for Shopware 6

Source: https://docs.shopware.com/en/shopware-6-en/first-steps/installing-shopware-6

Example vHost configuration for Apache2. Replace _HOST_NAME_ and _SHOPWARE_DIR_ with your settings. Note that DocumentRoot points to the installation directory, not /public, until after installation.

```apache
<VirtualHost *:80> 
 ServerName "_HOST_NAME_" 
 DocumentRoot _SHOPWARE_DIR_

 <Directory _SHOPWARE_DIR_> 
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews 
  AllowOverride All 
  Order allow,deny 
  allow from all 
 </Directory> 

 ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/shopware-platform.error.log 
 CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/shopware-platform.access.log combined 
 LogLevel debug 
</VirtualHost>
```

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### Install Profiler bundle for APP_ENV=dev

Source: https://docs.shopware.com/en/shopware-6-en/update-guides/updating-shopware?category=shopware-6-en%2Fupdate-guides

Prior to Shopware 6.4.17.0, install the Profiler bundle to get APP_ENV=dev working.

```bash
composer require --dev profiler

```

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### Install faker packages for framework:demo-data

Source: https://docs.shopware.com/en/shopware-6-en/update-guides/updating-shopware?category=shopware-6-en%2Fupdate-guides

Prior to Shopware 6.4.17.0, install these packages to get framework:demo-data command working.

```bash
composer require --dev mbezhanov/faker-provider-collection maltyxx/images-generator

```

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### Prepare system update

Source: https://docs.shopware.com/en/shopware-6-en/update-guides/updating-shopware

Run this command in the Shopware root directory to prepare the system for update.

```bash
bin/console system:update:prepare
```

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### Hosts entry example for Windows and Linux

Source: https://docs.shopware.com/en/shopware-6-en/tutorials-and-faq/tipsforusingtheadmin/create-test-environment?category=shopware-6-en%2Ftutorials-und-faq%2Fhowto

Example hosts file entry mapping the test environment IP address (192.168.0.123) to the domain (my-shop.com). Use this entry in the hosts file located at C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc on Windows or /etc/hosts on Ubuntu. Ensure the domain spelling matches exactly what is stored in the Shopware account, including whether 'www' is used.

```plaintext
192.168.0.123    my-shop.com
```