Wildcard environments allow you to create and easily configure demo and test environments, including test licences. This enables you to prepare and present demo installations with all the necessary extensions for customers. These environments are intended solely for internal testing and demonstration purposes and may not be used for active customer projects or productive use.
If you would like to migrate from Shopware 5 to Shopware 6, including licences, using the wizard, you can find more information in the Docs article on the migration environment.
Within a wildcard environment, you can create multiple instances to set up test scenariosand demos. Each instance provides full access to the Shopware store's contents, enabling you to try out features or simulate customer scenarios – exclusively for demonstration or testing purposes. Use for real customer projects, productive shops or customer staging systems is not permitted.
To create a wildcard environment in your Shopware account, you must be a partner or extension partner. If you are not yet a partner, you can find more information on how to become a Shopware partner here.
If you do not yet have a wildcard environment, you can create one in the Partners > Wildcard Environment section. To do this, click on Create Wildcard Environment in the top right-hand corner and then select a suitable URL, e.g. myname.com.
To activate your own domain for the wildcard, please contact your partner manager.
After creating the wildcard environment, you can create an instance for demo or testing purposes via Create wildcard instance. To do this, select a project name (e.g. project-dev) and a Shopware version.
The subdomain of your wildcard instance consists of the project name and the URL of your wildcard environment, e.g. project-dev.myname.com.
Each subdomain must contain one of the words test, dev, localhost, demo or wildcard to clearly identify the test and demo purposes.
Important: Wildcard instances may not be operated under a customer domain or used productively.
To use extensions in your Wildcard environment, add them in the instance details via Add licence. This allows you to activate any extensions for testing purposes.
After adding, click Save to apply the licences. Extensions can be added or removed at any time.
To gain access to the commercial features, install the Shopware Commercial extension in your Wildcard environment.
The installation is carried out on your own server. Customer systems may not be used for this purpose.
To do this, enter the subdomain of your instance in the shop as the licence domain:
Shopware 6: Settings > System > Shopware Account & log in to your partner account under Extensions > My Extensions > Shopware Account to verify your licence.
You will then find the extensions in the shop under Extensions > My Extensions (Shopware 6) or Plugin Manager > My Purchases (Shopware 5).
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Wildcard environments and instances are intended solely for testing new features and demonstrations within your own domain. They must not be used as staging, live or production systems for customer projects.
Scenario 1: Your customer has received licence warnings from us by email because you are using a wildcard instance for development or updates.
Scenario 2: You receive licence warnings in the admin area.
Please check the settings in the Admin section of the installation for the correct licence domain (Settings > System > Shopware Account) and whether you are logged in to the partner account in the Admin section under Extensions > My Extensions > Shopware Account.
