Magnolia 5.7 reached extended end of life on May 31, 2022. Support for this branch is limited, see End-of-life policy. Please note that to cover the extra maintenance effort, this EEoL period is a paid extension in the life of the branch. Customers who opt for the extended maintenance will need a new license key to run future versions of Magnolia 5.7. If you have any questions or to subscribe to the extended maintenance, please get in touch with your local contact at Magnolia.
Get Java
java -version
in a terminal or command prompt. If the system reports a version number, Java is installed on your computer.$ java -version java version "10.0.1" 2018-04-17 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.3 (build 10.0.1+10)
If you don't have Java, install it:
As an alternative to the following instructions, you can use the Magnolia CLI to install and start Magnolia.
Download Magnolia
Extract the zip to your computer.
magnolia-x.y/ ├── add-ons/ └── apache-tomcat-x.y/ ├── bin/ ├── conf/ ├── lib/ ├── logs/ ├── temp/ ├── webapps/ | ├── magnoliaAuthor/ | ├── magnoliaPublic/ | └── ROOT/ └── work/
Where to extract:
Magnolia Community Edition software is distributed free-of-charge and without any warranty under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 3), a license that permits you to redistribute and modify the software under certain terms and conditions. It is important that you read the license to understand your rights and obligations.
Start Magnolia
magnolia-x.y/apache-tomcat-x.y/bin
directory and type:./magnolia_control.sh start
Note: In case you get an error due to a low "max open files" limit, you may try executing the command with
the --ignore-open-files-limit
option:
./magnolia_control.sh start --ignore-open-files-limit
Detailed instructions:
Install Magnolia
- Open a browser and go to
http://localhost:8080
- Click Run the Web update on the author instance, then Start installation.
- Click Run the Web update on the public instance, then Start installation.
Magnolia installs its modules. When the installation is complete on the author and public instances, click Start up Magnolia on both:
Log in
http://localhost:8080/magnoliaAuthor
and sign in as:- Username:
superuser
- Password:
superuser
The app launcher is displayed and Magnolia is ready to use.
superuser
is a system administrator account that has permissions to do everything. It is useful for testing.
Troubleshooting
Having problems? See Known issues.
1 Comment
Ryan Beck
It'd be nice if the "download Magnolia" link actually downloaded the version of Magnolia I'm reading (5.7)... not the latest version (6+)