--- title: "Magento Overview" source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/magento/" description: "Master Magento administration. Our guides cover installation, multi-store setup, performance optimization, and going live with Adobe Commerce." vertical: "Hosting" date: "2024-11-01" last_modified: "2026-08-18" --- # Magento Overview Magento (now Adobe Commerce) is an open-source ecommerce platform designed for large-scale and highly customized stores. It includes features like multi-store catalogs, an API, and a modular extension system. Consequently, administrative tasks typically focus on deployment, performance tuning, and store maintenance, rather than basic content updates. --- Magento Articles 13 results Our Magento help-hub gathers the essentials you’ll need to: - **Spin up a store quickly**—via Softaculous or cPanel autoinstallers—and confirm everything from file-permissions to sample data. - **Operate multiple storefronts & dev environments** without duplicating code or databases, keeping production stable while you build new features. - **Keep performance on track** with tasks like indexer maintenance, LiteMage full-page caching, and smart cron scheduling. - ## [Going live with your Magento 2 store](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/magento/launch-a-magento-2-store/) Learn the final steps to take your Magento 2 store live. This guide covers updating DNS, changing the base URL, enabling SSL, and clearing caches. [Read more: Going live with your Magento 2 store](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/magento/launch-a-magento-2-store/) - ## [How to configure Magento to use your SSL certificate](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/magento/security/configure-ssl-certificates/) Learn how to configure your Magento store to use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate, which allows your site to exchange encrypted information with web users. [Read more: How to configure Magento to use your SSL certificate](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/magento/security/configure-ssl-certificates/) - ## [How to configure multiple Magento storefronts](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/magento/how-to-configure-multiple-magento-storefronts/) How to configure multiple storefronts for a single Magento 1 website. [Read more: How to configure multiple Magento storefronts](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/magento/how-to-configure-multiple-magento-storefronts/) - ## [How to create Magento 2 dev sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/magento/how-to-create-magento-2-dev-sites/) How Nexcess clients on physical (non-cloud) clients can create Magento 2 development (dev) sites. [Read more: How to create Magento 2 dev sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/magento/how-to-create-magento-2-dev-sites/) - ## [How to customize Magento 2 email templates](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/magento/customize-email-templates-for-magento-2/) You can customize Magento 2 email templates for your shop’s transactional emails using HTML/CSS files, XML themes, store email addresses — along with directives and predefined/custom variables. [Read more: How to customize Magento 2 email templates](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/magento/customize-email-templates-for-magento-2/) - ## [How to improve the security of your Magento store](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/magento/security/improve-store-security/) Various methods of hardening your Magento store’s security, though many of these apply to any content management system (CMS). [Read more: How to improve the security of your Magento store](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/magento/security/improve-store-security/) - ## [How to issue a reindex in Magento](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/magento/how-to-issue-a-reindex-in-magento/) Learn how to issue a reindex to optimize performance in Magento 1 from the admin panel or command line, which requires SSH access and some familiarity with the command line interface (CLI). [Read more: How to issue a reindex in Magento](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/magento/how-to-issue-a-reindex-in-magento/) - ## [How to protect your Magento store from the Credit Card Hijack exploit](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/magento/security/prevent-credit-card-hijack-exploit/) How to address the Credit Card Hijack security breach by applying the latest patches and performing other critical tasks. [Read more: How to protect your Magento store from the Credit Card Hijack exploit](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/magento/security/prevent-credit-card-hijack-exploit/) 1[2](?query-0-page=2) [Next Page](/hosting/cms/magento?query-0-page=2)