How to Install Magento 2 Data Migration Tool

install Magento 2 data migration tool. It is the official tool by Magento released to help merchants migrate from Magento 1 to Magento 2.

Requirements to use Data Migration Tool:

You need to use the same released version of Magento 2 and the Data Migration Tool. For example, If you using Magento 2.3.5, you need to use the data migration tool of that version too. You can use one of the eight methods available to check Magento version.

Method to Install Magento 2 Data Migration Tool:

If you have downloaded the Magento using Composer metapackage, run the below command:

$ php <magento_root>/bin/magento –version If you cloned the Magento 2 Github repository, run these commands: $ cd <your Magento 2 clone directory> $ git branch Now, if you are in the “develop” branch, do not forget to change to a released branch before going ahead. Also, install Magento by now. Visit Releases of the Data Migration Tool GitHub repository to find available released versions.

Installing Magento 2 Migration Tool

1. Install from repo.magento.com

   1. Login to Magento servers or switch to Magento file system owner
   2. Change to Magento 2 root directory
   3. Run the below commands $ composer config repositories.magento composer https://repo.magento.com $ composer require magento/data-migration-tool:<version>Here, <version> is the version of the Magento 2 codebase.
   4. Enter the authentication keys. Your username is the public key and password is the private key.

2. Install from GitHub

   1. Login to Magento servers or switch to Magento file system owner
   2. Change to Magento 2 root directory
   3. Run the below commands $ composer config repositories.data-migration-tool git https://github.com/magento/data-migration-tool $ composer require magento/data-migration-tool:<version>Here, <version> is the version of the Magento 2 codebase.

Check the version of the installed Magento Data Migration Tool:

1. Change to your Data Migration Tool directory: <vendor>/magento/data-migration-tool.
2. Open composer.json in a text editor.
3. The version entry in that file is the version of the Data Migration Tool.

Any doubts about the method to install the Magento 2 migration tool? If so, feel free to mention them in the Comments section below. I’d be happy to help. Also, do not forget to share Magento 2 data migration tool tutorial with the store merchants via social media. Thank you.]]>