Upgrade the Magento application and components

Upgrade the Magento application and components

This topic discusses the ways you can:

• Upgrade (that is, patch) the Magento software from version 2.0.0 to 2.0.1, for example

• Update components, which can be any of the following:

  • Modules (extend Magento capabilities)
  • Themes (change the look and feel of your storefront and Admin)
  • Language packages (localize the storefront and Admin)
  • Libraries (common code)

Upgrade the Magento software

The way you upgrade (that is, patch) the Magento software depends on how you installed it:

• Magento CE or EE: If you used Composer to install or if you downloaded an archive, use the System Upgrade utility.
• Magento CE only: If you cloned the Magento 2 GitHub repository because you are contributing code to the Magento CE codebase, upgrade the software manually.
• To upgrade from Magento CE to Magento EE, see Upgrade from CE to EE.

Update components

To update Magento components, use the Component Manager.

Next step

Complete the tasks discussed in Prerequisites.