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Getting started

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Falcon magento module should be installed over preinstalled magento instance. In case you don't have magento installed yet please checkout Magento install guide.

Using our example project, demo-v1 you will have Magento 2 support without having to do any custom dev.

1. Configure composer repository​

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To install falcon magento module you will need a repository-url and token. You should get this data from our team after signing up.

Run the following command in your magento instance:

composer config --global --auth http-basic.deity.repo.packagist.com token `token`

Afterwards update you composer.json file with following data

"repositories": [
    {"type": "composer", "url": "repository-url"}
]

2. Install Falcon Magento module​

Run the following composer command

  composer require deity/falcon-magento ^5.4.0

After package installed, install falcon module into your magento with

bin/magento setup:upgrade

and flush magento cache

bin/magento cache:flush

3. Create an integration within Magento.​

From the admin (system->integrations) you can create a new integration.

Magento admin

From here you will get the following credentials to use later:

Integration details
  • CONSUMER_KEY
  • CONSUMER_SECRET
  • ACCESS_TOKEN
  • ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET

4. Create your Falcon App.​

Install Falcon Platform using the demo-v1 example and create-falcon-app

5. Configure your Magento connection​

Add your Magento 2 details to your server/config/ files. Below is an example of the config variables you'll need to add. If you're using demo-v1 this will be set up to use our demo Magento 2 instance and should work out of the box.

{
  "endpoints": {
    "magento": {
      "config": {
        "host": "MAGENTO_HOST"
      }
    }
  },
  "apis": {
    "magento2": {
      "config": {
        "host": "MAGENTO_HOST",
        "defaultLocale": "MAGENTO_DEFAULT_LOCALE",
        "itemUrlSuffix": "MAGENTO_URL_SUFFIX",
        "auth": {
          "consumerKey": "MAGENTO_CONSUMER_KEY",
          "consumerSecret": "MAGENTO_CONSUMER_SECRET",
          "accessToken": "MAGENTO_ACCESS_TOKEN",
          "accessTokenSecret": "MAGENTO_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Deity Cloud Environment Variables​

  • MAGENTO_HOST: Your Magento site URL (without protocol) e.g. magento.deity.io
  • MAGENTO_CONSUMER_KEY: your consumer key
  • MAGENTO_CONSUMER_SECRET: your consumer secret
  • MAGENTO_ACCESS_TOKEN: your access token
  • MAGENTO_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET: your access token secret
  • MAGENTO_DEFAULT_LOCALE: default locale for your Magento store. e.g. en_GB
  • MAGENTO_URL_SUFFIX: Your suffix for products and categories. e.g. .html. Defaults to null.

6. Update magento configuration​

When your falcon instance is up and running its important to update magento with falcon instance data Go to Magento admin Stores->Configuration On Configuration page open Services->Falcon

Magento admin

Enter your falcon domain to Falcon frontend url, and cache webhook url to Url to flush cache on Falcon Server.

7. Configure Deity Payment Gateway​

To configure Deity Payment Gateway go to Magento admin Stores->Configuration and select Sales -> Payment Methods section

Magento admin

If your shop does not support offline payments (like Cash on Delivery) you can disable Deity Offline Payments on this page.

8. Disable your Magento frontend​

Since Falcon magento module version 5.4.0 disable magento frontend function is included into the module core. To disable magento frontend from cli run 

php bin/magento config:set admin/deity_disable_frontend/block_frontend_access 1

Or go to magento admin config area

Stores > Configuration > Advanced > Admin > Disable Frontend

Flush cache after changing config.

9. Complete​

Complete, you should now have a fully working Magento 2 / Falcon Platform site