Installation

Overview

This guide describes how to integrate Affirm into your Adobe Commerce (Magento) platform and offer Affirm as a payment option to your customers.

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Recommendations

• Install the extension in your sandbox or staging environment before pushing it live
• Keep a copy of your Adobe Commerce (Magento) store and database to ensure you can revert to the original version prior to the installation
• You may need to re-index all the product and category tables after extension installation

Install the extension

You have two options for installing the Adobe Commerce (Magento) Affirm extension. Both options also upgrade the extension using the exact same steps described below.

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Please see the additional instructions for Adobe Commerce (Magento) 2.2 and lower.

Install using Composer

1. Retrieve your Adobe Commerce (Magento) authentication keys.
2. In the Adobe Commerce (Magento) 2 root directory, enter the following commands using the command line:

composer require affirm/magento2
composer update
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile

3. Clear the Adobe Commerce (Magento) cache to use the default Adobe Commerce (Magento) Affirm configuration. For Adobe Commerce (Magento) 2.2 and lower an Affirm Module version 2.1.5 will be used.

Install using Command Line

1. Download the extension

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Ensure the correct release is compatible with your version of Adobe Commerce (Magento)

2. If it does not exist, create the directory Magento2_root/app/code/Astound/Affirm/.
3. Unzip the extension and move all the files to Magento2_root/app/code/Astound/Affirm/.
4. In the Magento 2 root directory, run the following command to verify that Astound_Affirm exists in List of disabled modules:

php bin/magento module:status

5. In the Magento 2 root directory, run the following commands:

php bin/magento module:enable Astound_Affirm
php bin/magento setup:upgrade

6. Clear the Magento 2 cache to use the default Magento 2 Affirm configuration.