Magento 2: Commands

Magento 2 has one command-line interface that performs both installation and configuration tasks. Console component is one of the new features in Magento 2. Find various command here.

Debug
There are three mode default, developer, production.
To check the current mode:

php bin/magento deploy:mode:show

Set new mode

php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer

php bin/magento --skip-compilation deploy:mode:set production

Deploy
The static view files deployment command enables you to write static files to the Magento file system.

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

For specific theme

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy --theme Magento/backend  --theme Tilkor/default

For specific language

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy en_US

To enable a component/extension

php bin/magento module:enable --clear-static-content Component_Name
e.g.
php bin/magento module:enable --clear-static-content Tilkor_TDebugHints
php bin/magento setup:upgrade

 

To disable a component/extension

php bin/magento module:disable --clear-static-content Component_Name
e.g.
php bin/magento module:disable --clear-static-content Tilkor_TDebugHints

 

Reindex

php bin/magento indexer:info
php bin/magento indexer:status
php bin/magento indexer:reset
php bin/magento indexer:reindex

 

Remove symlink

find pub/static -type l -exec rm '{}' \;

 

Flush/clean

php bin/magento cache:disable
rm -rf var/cache/ var/di/ var/generation/ var/page_cache/
php bin/magento cache:flush
php bin/magento cache:clean

 

Compile

php bin/magento setup:di:compile

 

Magento 2 files and folders permission
Below are the permissions needed to run the magento2, execute each command one by one.

find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} ; // 644 permission for files
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ; // 755 permission for directory
find ./var -type d -exec chmod 777 {} ; // 777 permission for var folder
find ./pub/media -type d -exec chmod 777 {} ;
find ./pub/static -type d -exec chmod 777 {} ;
chmod 777 ./app/etc
chmod 644 ./app/etc/*.xml

 

Upgrade Magento 2
Upgrading Magento 2 from older version to new version. Suppose Magento 2.2.4 has installed version and need to upgrade from 2.2.4 to latest 2.2.6 version. Follow steps.

php bin/magento maintenance:enable
composer require magento/product-community-edition 2.2.6 --no-update
composer update
rm -rf var/di var/generation
php bin/magento cache:clean
php bin/magento cache:flush
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento indexer:reindex
php bin/magento maintenance:disable

 

Admin User
Unlock user

php bin/magento admin:user:unlock ADMINUSERNAME

Create user

php bin/magento admin:user:create --admin-user='testuser' --admin-password='test@1234' --admin-email='tilkor.team@gmail.com' --admin-firstname='tilkor' --admin-lastname='software'

Image resize
Command to resize the images.

php  php bin/magento catalog:images:resize

Uninstall extension using composer

php bin/magento module:disable <ExtensionProvider_ExtensionName> --clear-static-content
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
composer remove VendorName/VendorExtensionRepository

Example:
php bin/magento module:status
php bin/magento module:disable Ebizmarts_MailChimp --clear-static-content
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
composer remove mailchimp/mc-magento2
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f