This chapter explains how to obtain and install eZ Publish. In a= ddition, it also describes how to remove an existing eZ Publish installatio= n.
If you don't want to install eZ Publish yourself, there are a lot = of various providers and partners that can he= lp you with this, and for more advance needs there is also eZ Professional Services.
There are 3 ways of installing eZ Publish, first picking one of:
- Normal installation&nb=
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- Manual installation
- Automated installation<= /a>
Afterwards it is highly recommended to update your system, if your on 5.= 3 or higher this is documented in maintenance release notes in Releases, for older enterprise releases cons= ult with your service-portal/support documentation.
Normal installation
This is the recommended and most commonly used way of i=
nstalling eZ Publish.
It requires a system which already has the proper=
environment installed, most notably a web server and a database.
eZ Publish needs to be downloaded and unpacked. A web-based Setup Wizard is initiated using a browser= . The Setup Wizard asks a couple of questions and automatically configures = eZ Publish.
The method is explained under the Normal installation section.
Manual installation
This option is for experienced users. No wizards or fan=
cy dialogs, no bundled software, no installers, no nothing.
This method =
requires a system which already has a web-server and a database set up and =
ready to go.
eZ Publish needs to be downloaded and unpacked. The system is then confi= gured by manually altering various configuration files and making manual ch= anges to the database.
This method is explained under the Manual installation section.
Automated installation
This installation method (also named kick-start) is designed for=
system administrators who wish to roll out pre-configured install=
ations of eZ Publish that require a minimum of interaction with the web-bas=
ed setup wizard.
It requires a system which already has the proper envi=
ronment installed, most notably a web server and a database.
eZ Publish needs to be downloaded and unpacked. Instead of clicking thro= ugh the setup wizard and manually providing configuration parameters, the s= ystem is installed based on a group of settings defined in a configuration = file.
The Automated insta= llation section explains how to prepare such a configuration file.