Migration Environment

In this article you will learn everything about the migration environment.
The migration environment is a wizard designed to make your transition from Shopware 5 to Shopware 6 as easy as possible.
The migration environment offers you various advantages, such as the transfer of your core licenses, as well as an assistant that allows you to migrate your existing plugin licenses to your new environment.
The migration environment also offers you unlimited test licenses of the plugins of your choice, in order to prepare you optimally for the entry into a new system.
We will explain to you in detail, how you can create them and how the migration assistant works, which supports you in migrating your plugins and licenses.

If you as a partner would like to create a wildcard environment for your customers, you will find further information in the partner section of the documentation.

Create migration environment (only for Shopware 5)

In your Shopware account you have the possibility to create a migration environment for your future Shopware 6 store. To do this, select your desired Shopware 5 store in the store operator area in your Shopware account and click on (1) Create a migration environment.

Creating a migration environment - differences depending on the installation

The behaviour at this point may differ depending on whether you have already started a migration, booked a plan or are using the Community Edition:

• You have an ongoing migration process

If you had started the migration at an earlier point in time, the button Create a migration environment is not available. Instead, you will be shown under which URL your Shopware 6 environment can be reached:

• You start a new migration - Community Edition

You can create a new migration environment at any time. The further procedure is described in the following chapters.

• Migration with an existing subscription

If you start the migration from a version with a valid subscription, you will be given the opportunity to book your new plan in the second step of the wizard. Use this option if you need a migration environment because you want to put your Shopware 6 shop into operation in the near future.
If you have not yet installed a Shopware 6 shop and would like to test it first, please use a separate installation (e.g. test environment / community edition). You can test the migration of your data and the Shopware 6 functionalities there, too. 

Migration process

In the first window you have to enter a temporary domain under (1), which will be used for the migration process.

In the second window Booking you select under (1) your future subscription plan for the Shopware 6 store. At point (2) you select the interval in which you want to pay the subscription. At point (3) you enter your annual turnover, which your online store produces.

Based on the given data a total price will be calculated. If you have any questions about your offer, please contact customer@shopware.com.

By ticking point (4) you confirm our terms of contract. If you are satisfied and there are no further questions, you can create the migration environment under point (5).

Prepare to go live (Only for Shopware 5)

If you are migrating from Shopware 5 and have a migration environment in your Shopware account, the first step you should take is to prepare it for the live launch.
To do this, click the To the license booking button in the migration wizard of your Shopware account.
This step will finalize your migration phase and the final live process will end the test licenses issued for the migration environment.
You now have the option to purchase your desired extensions and take them with you to your live shop.

After you have clicked the button, an overview will open with all test licenses that are currently issued for your migration environment.
You can now purchase them here and have them licensed to your live domain.
 

Click on the button Go to shopping cart to get to a pop-up window that shows you in detail which costs you will have to pay and whether you will get discounts or similar.
 

If you now go to the previous overview, you will see below all extensions which are already licensed to your domain and therefore no longer need to buy.
You will also see when exactly you purchased this extension.

By clicking on Finalize migration you complete the extension move.
 

 

Finalizing the migration

The extension migration, that you have now completed, opens a new window, that shows you all the effects of the finalization.
Please click the Complete migration button here to complete the process.
 

After you have completed the live process there are still several changes that you have to make in order to have a functional live environment of your Shopware 6 shop: