Optional - Install sample data

If you need some example data when developing your store, you can install our sample data. This data simulates an active Magento store including customers, products, and other data. This sample data works best with a new “blank site” Magento Commerce Cloud template installation when creating your project in your Integration environment.

We recommend installing sample data in your local Integration branches and environments. If you use this data in Staging or Production, you need to remove the information and products before going live.

Get started in a branch

We recommend working in a branch to add the sample data. The following information details how to set up a branch.

1. Log in to your local development system, or switch to, the Magento file system owner.
2. Change to a directory to which the Magento file system owner has write access.

3. Enter the following command in a terminal to log in to your project:

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    magento-cloud login
   

4. List your projects. With the project ID, you can complete additional commands.

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    magento-cloud project:list
   

5. If necessary, clone the project to your local. You should have cloned when setting up your local development workspace.

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    magento-cloud project:get <project ID>
   

6. Change to a project directory. For example, cd /var/www/html/magento2

7. List environments in the project. Every environment includes an active Git branch of your code, database, environment variables, configurations, and services.

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    magento-cloud environment:list
   

   magento-cloud environment:list—displays environment hierarchies whereas the git branch command does not.

8. Fetch origin branches to get the latest code:

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    git fetch origin
   

9. Check out, or switch to, a specific branch and environment. Git commands only checkout the Git branch. The Magento Cloud command also switches to the active environment.

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    magento-cloud environment:checkout <environment ID>
   

   To create a new environment, use magento-cloud environment:branch <environment name> <parent environment ID>

10. Pull any updated code to your local for the environment ID (which is the Git branch):

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     git pull origin <environment ID>
    

11. Create a snapshot of the environment as a backup:

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     magento-cloud snapshot:create -e <environment ID>
    

Install sample data

To install sample data:

1. If you have not done so already, check out the environment in which to install sample data.

2. In a terminal, enter the following commands:

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   <magento_root>/bin/magento sampledata:deploy
   

3. Wait for components to update.

4. Commit and push the changes:

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   git add -A && git commit -m "Install sample data"
   

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   git push origin <branch name>
   

5. Wait for the project to deploy.
6. Verify the installation was successful by going to your storefront main page in the Integration environment. You can locate the URL link to the storefront through the Project Web Interface.

7. Take a snapshot of your environment:

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   magento-cloud snapshot:create -e <environment ID>
   

You can start testing your development with live data!