Use Docker

As well as using the native installation path to set up a system with all the requirements to run Adobe Commerce or Magento Open Source, you can also use Docker, either with a custom project or using an existing solution. There are several advantages in using Docker instead of a native set up:

• It is generally easier to set up a Docker-based development environment than a native one.

• Reproducing the same environment in another machine is just a matter of copying a Dockerfile and/or docker-compose.yml files to it and building new containers from them.

• It allows you to replicate the same set up that you have in production inside a container.

• You can have different containers with different configurations for extensive testing.

The following two scenarios describe when a Docker-based environment is most useful:

• For demos, Commerce Cloud compatibility testing, and basic development we recommend Magento Cloud Docker. See Cloud Docker Development.

• For development, aside from Magento Cloud Docker, there are several community projects that provide a Docker environment suitable for coding, like Docker Magento and Magento2Docker. Refer to each project's documentation for more details.