Getting Akeneo PIM¶

This document provides step by step instructions to obtain an archive of the PIM Enterprise Edition.

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$ mkdir -p /path/to/installation
$ tar -xvzf pim-enterprise-standard-v2.0.tar.gz -C /path/to/installation/

Initializing Akeneo¶

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$ cd /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard

Dependencies,

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$ php -d memory_limit=3G ../composer.phar install --optimize-autoloader --prefer-dist
$ yarn install

Frontend,

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$ php bin/console cache:clear --no-warmup --env=prod
$ php bin/console pim:installer:assets --symlink --clean --env=prod

Installation,

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$ bin/console pim:install --force --symlink --clean --env=prod
$ yarn run webpack

Configuring tasks via crontab¶

The application needs the following tasks to be executed in background on a regular basis. The frequency has to be adapted according to your data volume.

Edit your crontab with crontab -e and configure your tasks.

You have to add these 6 commands to your local installation:

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php /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/bin/console pim:completeness:calculate --env=prod              # recalculates the products completeness
php /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/bin/console pim:versioning:refresh --env=prod                  # processes pending versions
php /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/bin/console akeneo:rule:run --env=prod                         # executes rules on products
php /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/bin/console pimee:project:notify-before-due-date --env=prod    # check and send notifications (TeamWork Assistant)
php /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/bin/console pim:asset:send-expiration-notification --env=prod  # check and send notifications for asset date delay
php /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/bin/console pimee:project:recalculate --env=prod               # recalculate project completeness (TeamWork Assistant)

In the following example, these lines will run the completeness calculation at 11pm, the versioning calculation at 5am and the rules calculation at 6pm every day:

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# m  h  dom  mon  dow  command
0 23  *    *    *    php /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/bin/console pim:completeness:calculate --env=prod > /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/var/logs/calculate_completeness.log 2>&1
0 5  *    *    *    php /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/bin/console pim:versioning:refresh --env=prod > /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/var/logs/refresh_versioning.log 2>&1
0 18  *    *    *    php /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/bin/console akeneo:rule:run --env=prod > /path/to/installation/pim-enterprise-standard/var/logs/rule_run.log 2>&1

Launching the daemon for job execution¶

Launch a daemon in order to execute the jobs. Please follow this documentation: Setting up the job queue daemon.

Testing your installation¶

Access the web folder using your favorite web browser and log in with admin/admin. If you see the dashboard, congratulations, you have successfully installed Akeneo PIM! You can also access the dev environment using app_dev.php as index.

If an error occurs, it means that something went wrong in one of the previous steps. Please check error outputs of all the steps.

Known issues¶

• with XDebug on, the default value of max_nesting_level (100) is too low and can make the ACL loading fail (which causes 403 HTTP response code on every application screen, even the login screen). A working value is 500: xdebug.max_nesting_level=500
• not enough memory can cause the JS routing bundle to fail with a segmentation fault. Please check with php -i | grep memory that you have enough memory according to the requirements
• If you do install the PIM twice, ensure all the PIM cron tasks are stopped before the installation of the database, to avoid Base table or view not found errors.

What’s next?¶

Now you have an Akeneo PIM up and running. But maybe you want more! What about these topics?

• You can switch to the minimal dataset or import your own data by following How to customize the Dataset.
• You can add additional translations by following How to Add Translation Packs.