How To Update Shopware 6 In Administration

In the following article, we shed light on how to upgrade your Shopware 6 website to the latest version right in the administration section of your e-commerce website. Although you won’t need to apply complex manipulations using the shell, we insist that every Shopware update falls within the ambit of experienced specialists familiar with the challenge. Below, we shed light on how to secure your Shopware 6 update and maintain the extension compatibility. After that, you will explore the upgrade procedure that takes place in your administration and consists of the following steps: you will look for the update, check the system requirements, deactivate extensions, and update the system. So, let’s run through the preparations and see how to update Shopware 6 right in the administration. You can find more similar materials here.  

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How To Secure Shopware 6 Update

What is the most important security rule required for any system update? You need to create a backup to roll back if something goes wrong during the upgrade process. However, Shopware does not create backups. 

Considering this situation, setting up backups on your server is vital. You need to contact your hosting partner, who usually looks out for your server. Although they may create the backups, you always need to figure out the nuances.

Now, when the backup of your e-commerce website is ready, you need to apply the update to your test environment first. Thus, you will see how safe the process is and what improvements it brings. If something goes wrong, it won’t affect your production website. If it does so, you have a backup that can be restored. If you don’t know how to create a test environment, follow this link: How To Create Test Environment For Shopware 6.

System requirements are another essential aspect of every update. Every new Shopware version may have different system requirements. Therefore, it is necessary to check them before applying the update. You can find the latest system requirements here.

Maintain The Extension Compatibility

Note that your installed extensions may impact the update dramatically. They should always be compatible with the Shopware version you will upgrade to. Updating them to the latest version usually helps. In the worst-case scenario, you may need to recover your e-commerce website from the backup due to incompatible extensions that break the system. But there is a simple method to maintain the extension compatibility in Shopware 6.

Visit the Shopware Store, open the Auto-Updater in the admin, or proceed to your Shopware Account at Licenses. In any case, you can check with what Shopware versions your extensions are compatible with. If their current versions don’t support the update, upgrade the modules. 

Chances are, the latest plugin’s version may also be incompatible. You need to contact the extension provider to discuss the issue.

How To Update Shopware 6 In Administration

Shiopware 6 provides the ability to apply an update directly in the administration. Go to Settings -> System -> Shopware Update to see your current version and upgrade to the latest one (it is the only possible option). 

Note that the “Update Code” field is necessary in individual cases when the support team provides the code to install a specific bug fix, etc.

I: Check for updates

Under Settings -> System -> Shopware Update, you can see the Check for updates button. Click it to see whether you can upgrade your e-commerce store to the latest version. If the update is possible, proceed to the next step.

II: System requirements

Shopware 6 checks the system requirements automatically before applying the update. In the Status column, you can find all problematic areas incompatible with the update. Adjust them before going any further.

III: Extension compatibility

Now, you need to look through your extensions one more time. Deactivate tools that are not compatible with the update. After that, you can proceed to the installation.

IV: Install the update

Follow the steps in the wizard to install the update.

If everything is installed successfully, you will see the green ticks on the left side along with the following message:

After that, you can proceed to the frontend to see whether everything works correctly.

Also, check how to update Shopware 6 through the shell and browser.

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