Set up multiple websites or stores

You can configure Adobe Commerce to have multiple websites or stores, such as an English store, a French store, and a German store. See Understanding websites, stores, and store views.

The process to set up multiple stores depends on whether you choose to use unique or shared domains.

Multiple stores with unique domains:

https://first.store.com/
https://second.store.com/

Multiple stores with the same domain:

https://store.com/first/
https://store.com/second/

Add Domains

Custom domains can be added to Pro Staging and any Production environment; they cannot be added to Integration environments.

The process to add a domain depends on the type of Cloud account:

• For Pro Staging and Production

  Add the new domain to Fastly, see Manage domains, or open a support ticket to request assistance. In addition, you must Submit an Adobe Commerce Support ticket to request new domains to be added to a cluster.

• For Starter Production only

  Add the new domain to Fastly, see Manage domains, or Submit an Adobe Commerce Support ticket to request assistance. In addition, you must add the new domain to the Domains tab in the Project Web Interface: https://<zone>.magento.cloud/projects/<project-ID>/edit

Configure local installation

To configure your local installation to use multiple stores, see Multiple websites or stores in the Configuration Guide.

After successfully creating and testing the local installation to use multiple stores, you must prepare your integration environment:

1. Configure routes or locations—specify how incoming URLs are handled by Adobe Commerce

   • Routes for separate domains
   • Locations for shared domains

2. Set up websites, stores, and store views—configure using the Adobe Commerce Admin UI

3. Modify variables—specify the values of the MAGE_RUN_TYPE and MAGE_RUN_CODE variables in the magento-vars.php file

4. Deploy and test environments—deploy and test the integration branch

Configuration updates to Pro environments

Configure routes for separate domains

Routes define how to process incoming URLs. Multiple stores with unique domains require you to define each domain in the routes.yaml file. The way you configure routes depends on how you want your site to operate.

To configure routes in an integration environment:

1. On your local workstation, open the .magento/routes.yaml file in a text editor.

2. Define the domain and subdomains. The mymagento upstream value is the same value as the name property in the .magento.app.yaml file.

   "http://{default}/":
       type: upstream
       upstream: "mymagento:http"
   
   "http://<second-site>.{default}/":
       type: upstream
       upstream: "mymagento:http"
   

3. Save your changes to the routes.yaml file.

4. Continue to Set up websites, stores, and store views.

Configure locations for shared domains

Where the routes configuration defines how the URLs are processed, the web property in the .magento.app.yaml file defines how your application is exposed to the web. Web locations allow more granularity for incoming requests. For example, if your domain is store.com, you can use /first (default site) and /second for requests to two different stores that share a domain.

To configure a new web location:

1. Create an alias for the root (/). In this example, the alias is &app on line 3.

   web:
       locations:
           "/": &app
               # The public directory of the app, relative to its root.
               root: "pub"
               passthru: "/index.php"
               index:
               - index.php
               ...
   

2. Create a pass for the website (/website) and reference the root using the alias from the previous step.

   The alias allows website to access values from the root location. In this example, the website pass is on line 21.

   web:
       locations:
           "/": &app
               # The public directory of the app, relative to its root.
               root: "pub"
               passthru: "/index.php"
               index:
               - index.php
               ...
           "/media":
               root: "pub/media"
               ...
           "/static":
               root: "pub/static"
               allow: true
               scripts: false
               passthru: "/front-static.php"
               rules:
                   ^/static/version\d+/(?<resource>.*)$:
                       passthru: "/static/$resource"
           "/<website>": *app
             ...
   

3. Continue to Set up websites, stores, and store views.

To configure a location with a different directory:

1. Create an alias for the root (/) and for the static (/static) locations.

   web:
       locations:
           "/": &root
               # The public directory of the app, relative to its root.
               root: "pub"
               passthru: "/index.php"
               index:
               - index.php
               ...
           "/static": &static
               root: "pub/static"
   

2. Create a pass through for the index.php file.

   web:
       locations:
           "/": &root
               # The public directory of the app, relative to its root.
               root: "pub"
               passthru: "/index.php"
               index:
               - index.php
               ...
           "/media":
               root: "pub/media"
               ...
           "/static": &static
               root: "pub/static"
               allow: true
               scripts: false
               passthru: "/front-static.php"
               rules:
                   ^/static/version\d+/(?<resource>.*)$:
                       passthru: "/static/$resource"
           "/<website>":
               <<: *root
               passthru: "website/index.php"
           "/<website>/static": *static
             ...
   

Set up websites, stores, and store views

In the Admin UI, set up your Adobe Commerce Websites, Stores, and Store Views. See Set up multiple websites, stores, and store views in the Admin in the Configuration Guide.

It is important to use the same name and Code of your websites, stores, and store views from your Admin when you set up your local installation. You need these values when you update the magento-vars.php file.

Modify variables

Instead of configuring an NGINX virtual host, pass the MAGE_RUN_CODE and MAGE_RUN_TYPE variables using the magento-vars.php file in your project root directory.

To pass variables using the magento-vars.php file:

1. Open the magento-vars.php file in a text editor.

   The default magento-vars.php file should look like the following:

   <?php
   // enable, adjust and copy this code for each store you run
   // Store #0, default one
   //if (isHttpHost("example.com")) {
   //    $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_CODE"] = "default";
   //    $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_TYPE"] = "store";
   //}
   function isHttpHost($host)
   {
       if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) {
           return false;
       }
       return $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] === $host;
   }
   

2. Move the commented if block so that it is after the function block and no longer commented.

   <?php
   // enable, adjust and copy this code for each store you run
   // Store #0, default one
   
   function isHttpHost($host)
   {
       if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) {
           return false;
       }
       return $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ===  $host;
   }
   
   if (isHttpHost("example.com")) {
       $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_CODE"] = "default";
       $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_TYPE"] = "store";
   }
   

3. Replace the following values in the if (isHttpHost("example.com")) block:

   • example.com—with the base URL of your website
   • default—with the unique CODE for your website or store view
   • store—with one of the following values:
     • website—load the website in the storefront
     • store—load a store view in the storefront

   For multiple sites using unique domains:

   <?php
   function isHttpHost($host)
   {
       if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) {
       return false;
       }
       return $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ===  $host;
   }
   
   if (isHttpHost("second.store.com")) {
       $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_CODE"] = "<second-site>";
       $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_TYPE"] = "website";
   }elseif (isHttpHost("store.com")){
       $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_CODE"] = "base";
       $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_TYPE"] = "website";
   }
   

   For multiple sites with the same domain, you have to check the host and the URI:

   <?php
   function isHttpHost($host)
   {
       if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) {
       return false;
       }
       return $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ===  $host;
   }
   
   if (isHttpHost("store.com")) {
      $code = "base";
      $type = "website";
   
      $uri = explode('/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
      if (isset($uri[1]) && $uri[1] == 'second') {
        $code = '<second-site>';
        $type = 'website';
      }
      $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_CODE"] = $code;
      $_SERVER["MAGE_RUN_TYPE"] = $type;
   }
   

4. Save your changes to the magento-vars.php file.

Deploy and test on the Integration server

Push your changes to your Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure integration environment and test your site.

1. Add, commit, and push code changes to the remote branch.

   git add -A && git commit -m "Implement multiple sites" && git push origin <branch-name>
   

2. Wait for deployment to complete.

3. After deployment, open your Store URL in a web browser.

   With a unique domain, use the format: http://<magento-run-code>.<site-URL>

   For example, http://french.master-name-projectID.us.magentosite.cloud/

   With a shared domain, use the format: http://<site-URL>/<magento-run-code>

   For example, http://master-name-projectID.us.magentosite.cloud/french/

4. Test your site thoroughly and merge the code to the integration branch for further deployment.

Deploy to Staging and Production

Follow the deployment process for deploying to Staging and Production. For Starter and Pro environments, you use the Project Web Interface to push code across environments.

Adobe recommends fully testing in the Staging environment before pushing to the Production environment. Make code changes in the integration environment and begin the process to deploy across environments again.

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