How To Install Magento

Magento is a popular content management system for e-commerce websites. It is used by small businesses and large enterprise companies alike, and can be enhanced by thousands of extensions and themes. Magento uses the MySQL database system, the PHP programming language, and parts of the Zend Framework. In these tutorials, we’ll install Magento with an Apache web server, including some common performance and security configurations along the way.

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