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1. AGUIDEFORECOMMERCESITEOWNERS.
Magento2
OptimizationGuide
ProvenMethodologyForFasterOrderProcessingAnd
PageLoadSpeedForYourMagento2Store.
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2. Contents
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Contents
ExecutiveSummary
TheMagento2Architecture
OptimizingMagento2ForEnhancedPerformance
UnderstandHowTheFourDifferentArchitecturalLayersMakes
Magento2Better
01
02
03
04
05
Conclusion
References
06
07
EnableFlatCatalog
ConfigureMySQL
EnableCSSAndJSOptimization
EnableVarnishCacheInsteadOfTheBuiltInFull-PageCache
SetUpAContentDeliveryNetwork
KeepYourMagento2SiteUpdated
05.1
05.2
05.3
05.4
05.5
05.6
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3. ExecutiveSummary
TheMagentoeCommerceplatformpowersabout26%oftotaleCommercestores,
makingitoneofthelargestplatformspreferredbyonlinestoreowners.Withthe
evolutionoftheeCommerceecosystem,theneedforanenhancedfeatureset
pushedtheMagentoteamtodevelopMagento2.It'soneofthemostpromising
eCommerceplatformswiththebestback-endthatpromisesfastersetupand
betteronlineshoppingexperience.Thiswhitepaperaimstooptimizeandscale
yourMagento2storesetup.
TheMagento2Architecture
TheMagentoeCommerceplatformisPHPbased.TheZendFrameworkandOOP
(ObjectOrientedProgramming)rootsallowyoutocompletelycustomizeyour
entireeCommercestoretoprovideauniqueshoppingexperiencetoyourcustom-
ers.Thebiggestadvantageofthisapproachisthatithasanindustrystandard
codingstructurealongwithindependentlayersofbusinesslogictoprovideany
necessarywebfunctionality.
Basically,theMa-
gentoframework
hasstructuredrule
onhowyoureCom-
mercewebsite
shouldbehave.The
libraryaccessesthe
modulesthrough
HTTPrequestsand
routesthemappro-
priately,ensuring
security.
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>
>
Layouts
JQUERY
RequireJS
Service
interface
Data
interfaces
Resource
Models
MySQL
ServiceContracts
PHP/
StandardsPHPextensionsPSR-0PSR-1PSR-2PSR-3PSR-4
Magento
PHPcode
MagentoLib
(LESS,JS,etc)
Developer
Dependencies
Zend,Symfony
3rdParty
Libraries
ServiceLayer
PresentationLayer
DomainLayer
PersistenceLayer
Dependson/CallsIncludes
WebAPI
Endpoints
Models
Templates
Blocks
Controllers
MagentoUILib
CSS LESS
WebUsers ServiceConsumers
Source:devdocs.magento.com

4. UnderstandHowTheFour
DifferentArchitecturalLayers
MakesMagento2Better
Magento2
Performance
Metrics
Therobustandorganizedarchitec-
tureisthebackboneformaking
Magento2flexibleandfast.The
layersareplacedstrategically
alongwiththerightcomponentsto
secureandprocessrequestsfaster.
Thepresentationlayerhelpsinte-
gratevarioustoolsthroughAPIre-
quests.
Ifyouhavecurrentlyupgraded
yourMagento1storeormigrated
fromanyothereCommerceplat-
formtoaMagento2,youwillwit-
nessthefollowingchanges:
Abilitytoprocess
39%moreorders
perhour
Almost66%increasein
theadd-to-cartserver
responsetime
Improvedserver
responsetimeforcatalog
browsing
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--------------------
b
51%faster
checkouttimes
39% 66%51%
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5. OptimizingMagento2For
EnhancedPerformance
EnableFlatCatalog
WithMagento2takingovertheeCommerceworldbyastorm,wewantedtocreate
aseamlessshoppingexperienceforshoppersandboosttheperformanceofthe
Magento2eCommercestoretohandlemoreordersandtraffic.Wehavecreateda
listofthingstodotomakeiteasierforyou.
Speedupyourproductcollectionbymanagingthecatalogdatathrough
manytablesusingtheEntityAttributeValue(EAV).Whentheflatcatalogis
enabled,thetablesareaddedwhenthereisaneedfornecessarydata
relatedtoproductorcategory.
Magento2OptimizationMethodologyForFasterOrderProcessingAndPageLoadSpeed|TheCommerceShop
1.LogintotheMagentobackendpanel 2.OntheAdminpanel,clickonStores
3.UndertheSettingssection,selectConfiguration 4.Ontheleftpanel,choose
CatalogtoentertheStorefrontsection 5.ChooseYesinUseFlatCatalogCategoryfield
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6. ConfigureMySQL
ThishelpsinorganizingyourMySQLdatabasetofetcheCommerceinfor-
mationfaster.ToloadasingleMagentopage,aseriesofdatabasequeries
getsengaged.Youcanstartprocessingordersfasterbyoptimizingyourda-
tabasestructure.
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2
3
4
5
query_cache_type = 1
query_cache_size = 32M
query_cache_limit = 2M
1
2
3
4
$ musql -u mysqluser -p magento_database_name
$ mysql> SHOW VARIABLES;
1
2
3
php_value memory_limit 128M
.6
EnableCSSAndJSOptimization
CSSandJSaretwoofthemostimportantelementsthatframeyour
front-endstructure.Unfortunately,theyarethebiggestreasonyoureCom-
mercewebsiteslowsdown.

7. .7Magento2OptimizationMethodologyForFasterOrderProcessingAndPageLoadSpeed|TheCommerceShop
ThebestwaytospeedupyourMagento2storesisbyoptimizingCSSand
JS.
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8. .8Magento2OptimizationMethodologyForFasterOrderProcessingAndPageLoadSpeed|TheCommerceShop
Cachingistheprocessofboostingpageloadspeedbystoringinformation
whenthecustomerfirstloadsthewebsite.Magento2hasabuiltincaching
mechanismthatworksgreat,butVarnishisasuperioroptionasitcaches
staticfilesanddoesn'tslowdownthedatabaseorfilesystemread/write
functionality.
EnableVarnishCacheInsteadOfThe
BuiltInFull-PageCache
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Accesslist
Field Description
Backendhost
Backendport
Enterthefullyqualifiedhostname,IPaddress,orClasslessInter-DomainRout-
ing(CIDR) notationIPaddressrangeforwhichtoinvalidatecontent.
Moreinformation
Originserver'slistenport.
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9. .9Magento2OptimizationMethodologyForFasterOrderProcessingAndPageLoadSpeed|TheCommerceShop
AContentDeliveryNetwork(CDN)isadistributedserverthatdeliversthe
sitecontenttoshoppersbasedontheirgeographicalregion.Basically,the
webpagesloadfasterasthemultipleserversbreakdowntheloadbetween
them.
ChoosingYourPerfectCDN
ItsmandatoryyouchoosetheperfectCDNthathassupportedgeographical
proximitytogetmaximummileage.OurMagentoexpertscanalsohelpyou
findtherightCDNproviderstomaximizesiteloadingspeed.
SetUpAContentDeliveryNetwork
EnterthehttpsURLtoprovideafastershoppingexperienceforyoureCommercecustomers.
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8.It'srecommendedyousetthevalueofaclpurgeasthe
IPaddressoftheVarnishhostwhenyouopen
default.vcl.
Forexample,
aclpurge{"localhost";}
9.Now,restartVarnish.
Thisenablesthecacheableassets,andaresavedandloadedintheclient'sbrowserthroughVarnish.
1.servicevarnishrestart
2.servicehttpdrestart

10. .10Magento2OptimizationMethodologyForFasterOrderProcessingAndPageLoadSpeed|TheCommerceShop
Magento2functionsthroughvarioustablesandwhencodefunctionsrun
frequentlytofetchinformationregardingproducts,thereareplentyoflogs
thatgetcreatedintheprocess.Frequentdatabaselogcleanupisneededto
clearthediskspaceandfoldersize,andmaintainoptimalperformance.
PerformADatabaseCleanUp
It'sessentialyourMagento2websiteisupdatedatalltimes.TheMagento2
andmoduleupdatescontainessentialfixesneededtooptimizevarious
functionalityofyoureCommercewebsite,apartfromsecurityandbugfixes.
KeepYourMagento2SiteUpdated
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11. .11Magento2OptimizationMethodologyForFasterOrderProcessingAndPageLoadSpeed|TheCommerceShop
Conclusion
TheseMagento2optimizationtechniquesaimtoimproveyoureCommerceweb-
siteloadingspeedbyupto2seconds.Thisissignificant,asuserstendtoleave
sitesthatloadslowerthan3seconds.Googlesearchresultsalsofavorfasterload-
ingsites.Buildtheperfectoptimizedonlineshoppingexperienceneededto
engagebetterwithyourshoppers.
References
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