Setting up a separate Shopware 6 environment - for testing, development or staging, for example - is straightforward. There are several ways to do this. You can create an exact copy of your main store with a little know-how.
Simply follow these instructions: Shopware 6 - Tutorials & FAQs - Creating a test environment
You can also find numerous extensions (Shopware 6 apps & themes) in our store that make creating and managing these environments easier.
Yes, if you want to use extensions from your main store in the test environment, additional licensing under the new domain is required. This is particularly advantageous for short-term test environments, as it allows you to use the extensions' free trial periods without affecting your live store.
Even for more complex projects with continuous integration and version or plugin updates outside the live environment, separate licensing under the new domain is necessary if you want to continue using extensions.
This is the only way to avoid license violations and possible subsequent chargeable calculations.
Further information can be found here:
Tutorials & FAQ - Extensions, licenses and subscriptions
If you use one of our paid plans (Rise, Evolve or Beyond), you can have your test, dev or staging domain officially marked as a staging environment in your account. These domains will then automatically inherit all extension licenses from your main domain for Shopware features and third-party plugins.
License management is still done centrally via the main domain.
You can find out more here: Account - Merchant - Shops
Important:
The marking as a staging domain can only be done by the Shopware sales service.
Please get in touch with us by phone at +49 (0) 2555 92885-0 or by email at info@shopware.com.
Available staging domains per plan:
Rise: 2 additional domains
Beyond: unlimited additional domains
No. Marking a staging domain is only available for Shopware plans (Rise, Evolve, and Beyond).
Community and Professional Editions - regardless of a maintenance contract - are excluded. (Exception: Enterprise Editions)
