Magento 2 Useful Commands

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While working on Magento, if you are in dilemma regarding the commands of Magento 2, here are few useful commands that will really help you to work on Magento flawlessly.

Let’s have a look at some helpful Magento 2 commands.

Run the following commands under root directory. For using these commands you will need to have SSH access to your server or else you can use the command line for local access.

Setup Upgrade Command :

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

When to use:

When you do some changes in Magento installation setup like change in default module files or create your own extension you need to use setup upgrade command.

Options:

[ --keep-generated ]When you don’t want to remove magento generated file ,this command is used to keep that files.

Example:

php bin/magento setup:upgrade --keep-generated

Cache Flush Command:

php bin/magento cache:flush

When to use:

Cache are generated automatically. In some configuration cache flush automatically and in some changes you have to flush cache from admin panel or using above command to remove default cache generated by Magento.

Cache Clear Command:

php bin/magento cache:clear

When to use:

It seems like cache:flush command but difference is flush remove default cache and clear remove all items of cache.

Indexer Reindex Command:

php bin/magento indexer:reindex

When to use:

After creating attribute set / newsletter / sitemap / confirm & transaction order / catalog price rule there is warning come like One or more Indexers are invalid that time use this command.

Deploy Mode Show Command:

php bin/magento deploy:mode:show

When to use:

Magento provide 3 types of mode: Production , Developer , Default . Each mode have its own purpose so you have to check in which mode you are working for developing.

Set Developer Mode Command:

php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer

When to use:

In developer mode some static files create automatic or it take from it’s parent so it is helpful while you are developing customization or extensions.

Set Production Mode Command:

php bin/magento deploy:mode:set production

When to use:

In production mode static files are not generated automatically. So SEO purpose this command is used.

Static Content Deploy Command:

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

When to use:

When you do some changes in magento static files like css,js files you have to deploy it using this command.

if you want to deploy specific theme or language then you can use below

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy en_US –theme Magento/luma_child

Memory issue resolve command Command:

php -dmemory_limit=4G bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

When to use:

When you face allowed Memory size issue this command is used to set/expand memory limit. Due to some heavy assets some deploy command require more Memory so that time you can use this command.

Disable Module Command:

php bin/magento module:disable Module_name

When to use:

When you don’t want to run any Module provided in Magento you can Disable it using this command.

Example:

php bin/magento module:disable Simbeez_NewsletterPopup

Enable Module Command:

php bin/magento module:enable Module_name

When to use:

When you want to run any module provided in Magento you can Enable it using this command.

Example:

php bin/magento module:enable Simbeez_NewsletterPopup

Module Status Command:

php bin/magento module:status

When to use:

When you want to know status of any module it is Disable or Enable run module:status command.

File Permission Command:

sudo chmod -R 777 var pub

When to use:

After deploy command run, to solve file permission error this command is used.

Maintenance Related Command:

php bin/magento maintenance:enable

When to use:

While you are in debugging mode with client this command is used.

php bin/magento maintenance:disable

When to use:

While maintenance of site is completed and ready for market challenge this mode is disabled.

php bin/magento maintenance:status

When to use:

Check the maintenance mode status – Enable/Disable using this command is run.

Admin User create Command:

php bin/magento admin:user:create

When to use:

When you want to create admin user account using command line this command is used.

Options:

[–admin-user]
[–admin-password]

Example:

php bin/magento admin:user:create --admin-user="simbeez" –admin-password="simbeez1010"

Cron run Command:

php bin/magento cron:run

When to use:

When you want some activities done automatically based on time scheduler this is used.

Unlock admin user:

php bin/magento admin:user:unlock username

When to use:

When your admin user locked and you want to unlock it.

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