Staging System / Developement System / Testing System (without additional costs for plugins)

by ACRIS E-Commerce GmbH

Rating: 4.8

Downloads: 598

Set up a test environment simply, quickly and easily. No additional shopware / plugin licenses required. DSGVO compliant! Copying of customers/orders on demand.

Annually €24.92* /month €359.88 * €299.00* /year 16.92% discount In comparison to the regular monthly price

Monthly €29.99* /month Cancelable monthly

This extension contains in-app purchases, which may incur additional costs.

Compatible with:

6.2.0 - 6.7.13.0

Includes:

Free trial month

The subscription starts with a free trial month during which it can be canceled at any time.

All updates

During the subscription all released updates are included for free

Support from the Extension Partner

In case you have any questions or problems with your extension you can always ask the Extension Partner for help during the subscription.

In-App Purchases

Subscriptions

Staging on an external server Staging on an external server

€19.99 * /month

Create your staging system on a separate external server via SSH/SFTP, instead of only in a subdirectory on the same server. Keeps your staging environment fully isolated from your live shop.

Description

Highlights

Create test environment in just a few clicks
Optionally secure the staging system with password protection
No extra plugin costs: plugins work without relicensing
Set up as many test environments as you like

Features

Easy setup: create a test environment with a few clicks
Password protection for the staging system can be enabled
DSGVO compliant, as customer data and orders are only copied on request.
Easy copying or deleting of test environment (file structure and database)

About the Extension

Purpose of the plugin

The plugin allows staging and test environments to be created and managed directly from the Shopware Administration. This makes it possible to test updates, plugins, themes, configurations and individual customizations independently of the live shop. The required shop files, media and database contents are automatically transferred to the test environment.

Easily create and manage staging systems

Staging environments are configured and created directly in the Shopware Administration. The test system can be created in a subdirectory or at a custom server path. Existing staging systems can be recreated, overwritten or deleted.

Custom APP URL and individual domains

A custom APP URL can be defined for the staging system. This means that the test environment is not limited to the live shop domain in combination with a subdirectory, but can instead be accessed via a separate subdomain or custom path, for example. In addition, individual staging URLs can be defined for the domains of specific sales channels.

Selectively transfer data

It can be individually defined which data should be copied to the test environment. Customers and orders can be excluded from the transfer for data protection reasons. In addition, unnecessary table contents and directories can be excluded from the copying process to optimize the creation of the staging system.

Operate the test environment securely

The staging system can be protected with password protection and optionally placed into maintenance mode after creation. Email sending can be disabled in the test environment and search engine indexing can be prevented using the corresponding settings.

Flexible settings for development and testing

For development and testing purposes, DEV mode can be activated, additional administrators can be created and further settings for the staging environment can be configured. Status information and logs help monitor the creation process.

Optional staging system on an external server (In-App Purchase)

Via a separately available In-App Purchase, the staging system can be created entirely on an external server. The SSH/SFTP connection details and the desired target path are entered and checked before creation. The required files, media and database are then transferred to the external server. When deleting the staging system, the corresponding remote directory can also be removed after explicit confirmation.

Purpose of the plugin

Easily create and manage staging systems

Custom APP URL and individual domains

Selectively transfer data

Operate the test environment securely

Flexible settings for development and testing

Optional staging system on an external server (In-App Purchase)

This extension is highlighted as part of the Premium Partner Program and can therefore be displayed with priority in the store.

Details

Available: English, German
Latest update: 19 August 2026
Publication date: 15 June 2020
Version: 5.8.4
Category: Administration

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Reviews (24)

Average rating

4.8

Based on 24 reviews

4.8 Functionality

4.8 Usability

4.8 Documentation

4.9 Support

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Tolles Plugin für Staging und ausgezeichneter Support

5.0

by Tom

21 May 2026 14:34

Mittlerweile möchte ich das Plugin nicht mehr missen. Das Erstellen und Verwalten von Staging-Umgebungen ist hiermit ein Kinderspiel.
Bei dem ersten Einsatz kam es zwar zu unerklärlichen Fehlern im Bezug auf Bilder, aber das hatte keinerlei Auswirkungen auf den Live-Shop. Der Support kümmerte sich umgehend um das Problem und innerhalb kürzester Zeit war der Fehler behoben und eine aktualisierte Plugin-Version im Store vorhanden.
Auch bei allgemeinen Fragen rund um das Plugin ist der Support zu jeder Zeit hilfsbereit und geduldig. Vielen Dank und weiter so.

5.0 Functionality

5.0 Usability

5.0 Documentation

5.0 Support

Wirklich hilfreiches Plugin

5.0

by Sabine

3 March 2026 11:14

Mir hilft dieses Plugin schon seit einiger Zeit. Damit lassen sich Änderung/updates vorab gut testen. Der Support ist großartig und hilft zuverlässig. Danke!

5.0 Functionality

5.0 Usability

5.0 Documentation

5.0 Support

Super Plugin, super Support!

5.0

by Julian

12 February 2026 16:39

Der Support ist sehr schnell und hilft einem auch mit älteren Versionen. Unser Problem wurde schnell durch eine aktualisierte Plugin Version gelöst.

5.0 Functionality

5.0 Usability

5.0 Documentation

5.0 Support

Super für Staging Umgebungen

5.0

by Volkan Haksal

23 January 2026 14:36

Das Plugin ist super. Klappt alles direkt auf Knopfdruck, wie man es sich wünscht. Bei Fragen ist der Support auch direkt da. Kann ich jedem empfehlen!

5.0 Functionality

5.0 Usability

5.0 Documentation

5.0 Support

Super Plugin & Super Support

5.0

by Julian

10 September 2025 14:48

5.0 Functionality

5.0 Usability

5.0 Documentation

5.0 Support

Eine klare Empfehlung!

5.0

by Anna D.

3 March 2025 14:23

Das Plugin spart viel Zeit bei der Erstellung einer Testumgebung. Das beste dabei: die Plugin-Lizenzen sind auf Staging auch sofort gültig.
Der Support ist sehr gut.

5.0 Functionality

5.0 Usability

5.0 Documentation

5.0 Support

Guter Support

5.0

by Kai Voigt

28 January 2025 15:20

5.0 Functionality

5.0 Usability

5.0 Documentation

5.0 Support

Lizenzierungsproblem

5.0

by Stefan Schwarz

9 December 2024 14:59

beim Test in der ACRIS-Staging Umgebung haben wir eine Erweiterung eines anderen Anbieters getestet und diese wieder gekündigt. Dies führte zu jedoch zu Server - Fehlermeldungen, so daß (nur)die Testumgebung nicht mehr erreichbar war. Der Support von ACRIS war außerordentlich schnell und hilfreich.
Insgesamt wie sich zeigt ein wichtiges und gut bedienbares Tool mit tollem Service!

5.0 Functionality

5.0 Usability

4.0 Documentation

5.0 Support

Top Support

4.5

by HorstUwe

26 November 2024 13:22

Extrem schneller Support bei einer Updatefrage. Problem wurde sofort beseitigt. App funktioniert sehr gut.

5.0 Functionality

4.0 Usability

4.0 Documentation

5.0 Support

Hammer Plugin - MEGA Support ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

5.0

by Ursula_NEU R.

7 November 2024 10:42

ACRIS steht bei uns für Qualität und Zuverlässigkeit.

SuperDank an den Support und auch an den Chef Wolfgang Kern der sich eisern gegen die Servicewüste Deutschland stemmt und das sehr erfolgreich.

Das Plugin war in meinem Fall schwer zu installieren, es brauchte einen extra spezial Chronjob. Dank der mega ACRIS Unterstützung hat letztendlich alles gut geklappt.
Diesen Pluginanbieter und dieses Plugin kann ich von ganzem Herzen weiterempfehlen.

5.0 Functionality

5.0 Usability

5.0 Documentation

5.0 Support

About the Extension Partner

ACRIS E-Commerce GmbH

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Details

Ø-Rating: 5

Average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
Partner since: 2015
Extensions: 214
Certifications: 7

Support

Based in: Austria
Speaks: German, English
Response time: Very quickly

Shopware 6 certified

Installation

Open the Plugin Manager via Settings > System > Plugins
Upload, install and activate the plugin

Create staging system

Settings → Extensions → Staging System

Basic settings

Internal name: Internal name of the staging system. The name is used solely to distinguish the staging system within the Administration and is not displayed in the storefront.
Path type: Defines where the staging system is created. Depending on the available functionality, the staging system can be created in a subdirectory, at a custom path on the same server or on an external server.

Staging in a subdirectory

Directory: Name of the directory in which the staging system is created. Enter the directory name without a leading or trailing slash, for example staging. The staging system is then accessible by default via the existing shop URL with the directory appended, for example myshop.com/staging.

Staging at a custom path

Directory: Name of the staging directory, for example staging.
Custom path: Absolute server path under which the staging directory should be created, for example /var/www/. The specified directory name is automatically appended to this path.
Test path: Checks whether the specified path can be used for the staging system. Among other things, the plugin checks whether the target path is accessible and whether files already exist there.

The custom path defines where the files are stored. Public access to the staging system must additionally be configured via the staging URL and, if necessary, the web server configuration.

Staging on an external server

With the additional feature “Staging on an external server”, the complete staging system can be set up on a separate server via SSH/SFTP.

Remote SSH host: Hostname or IP address of the server on which the staging system should be created.
Remote SSH port: SSH port of the external server. Port 22 is usually used by default.
Remote SSH user: Username for the SSH/SFTP connection to the external server.
Remote SSH password: Password of the specified SSH user.
Test connection: Checks whether a connection to the external server can be established using the specified SSH credentials.
Remote path: Absolute file system path on the external server under which the staging system should be installed, for example /var/www/staging.

The parent path must already exist on the external server. The final required directory can be created by the plugin. The document root of the domain being used must point to the public directory of the Shopware installation. If absolute file paths are used in the shop or in extensions, for example for imports or exports, these may need to be adjusted to the new server path.

Configure staging URL

Automatically generated URL: Uses the existing shop URL and appends the configured staging directory. For a directory named staging, this could result in myshop.com/staging, for example.
Custom domain / subdomain: Allows a separate domain or subdomain to be used for the staging system, for example staging.myshop.com.
APP URL: Complete URL of the staging system when using a custom domain or subdomain. This URL is stored as the APP_URL of the staging system.

DNS entries as well as the web server or vHost configuration for a custom domain or subdomain must be configured outside the plugin. A custom APP URL is required for a staging system on an external server.

Edit staging domains

Staging domain: Defines the URL under which the respective existing sales channel domain should be accessible in the staging system.

This makes it possible, for example, to access multiple storefronts via separate staging subdomains. Each staging domain must be unique and cannot be assigned to multiple sales channel domains at the same time.

Configure database

Database host: Host of the database server. If the database is located on the same server, 127.0.0.1 can be used, for example.
Database port: Port of the database server. Port 3306 is used by default for MySQL or MariaDB.
Database name: Name of the database to be used for the staging system.
Database user: Username for accessing the staging database.
Database password: Password of the specified database user.
Test connection: Checks whether a connection to the staging database can be established successfully using the entered credentials.

General settings

Shop operator email address: Email address that is stored as the shop operator email address in the Shopware master data of the newly created staging system.
Internal comment: Optional comment field for internal information about the staging configuration, for example its intended use or special characteristics of the environment.

Secure email sending and access

Email sending

Disable email sending in the staging system: Disables email sending within the staging system. This prevents order confirmations, registration emails or other messages from accidentally being sent to real recipients during testing.

Search engines

Set the “robots” meta name to “noindex,nofollow”: Adds the corresponding robots directive to the staging system pages and instructs search engines not to index the pages or follow links contained on them.
Create a robots.txt and block all bots: Creates a robots.txt file that prevents search engine crawlers from crawling the staging system.

Password protection

Enable password protection: Activates additional access protection for the staging system.
Username: Username used to access the protected staging system.
Password: Password used to access the staging system.

Maintenance mode

Maintenance mode: Activates Shopware maintenance mode for the staging system after creation. This means that the storefront is only accessible to appropriately approved IP addresses.

Configure data transfer

Copy orders: Defines whether existing orders from the live system should be transferred to the staging system. If this option is disabled, existing orders, order line items, deliveries and transactions, among other data, are not copied.
Copy customers: Defines whether existing customer data from the live system should be transferred. If this option is disabled, existing customers, customer addresses and other customer-specific data are not copied.
Do not copy unnecessary table contents: Excludes data from tables that are not required for a typical staging system. This can include shopping carts, logs, queue data, version data and other temporary data. This reduces the amount of data to be transferred and can speed up the creation of the staging system.
Do not copy Shopware Migration database tables: Displayed when the Shopware Migration Assistant is installed. The sometimes very large migration tables are not populated with existing data.

Configure creation

Create staging system via message queue: Creates the staging system using the Shopware message queue. The individual processing steps are executed sequentially via the queue.
Set staging system to DEV mode: Activates Shopware or Symfony development mode for the new environment. This is particularly useful for development and troubleshooting.
Disable Symfony Toolbar: Disables the Symfony Web Debug Toolbar even when DEV mode is enabled. Since the toolbar can display technical and sensitive system information, disabling it is particularly recommended for publicly accessible staging systems.

Exclude directories from staging

Excluded directories: Paths to files or directories that should be excluded from the transfer. The paths are specified relative to the Shopware root directory, for example public/media.

Create additional admin users

First name: First name of the Administration user.
Last name: Last name of the Administration user.
Email address: Email address of the Administration user. The address must be unique.
Username: Username used to log in to the Administration of the staging system.
Password: Password used to log in as the user.
Administrator: Defines whether the user receives full administrator permissions.
User interface language: Defines the language in which the Shopware Administration is displayed for the user.
Time zone: Defines the time zone of the Administration user.
Job title: Optional job title of the user.
Roles: Allows existing Shopware roles to be assigned if the user should not receive full administrator permissions.

Remove staging system

Clear staging database: Removes the existing tables and contents from the configured staging database. The staging system will no longer be functional until it is created again.
Delete staging file system: Deletes the files from the configured staging directory. For an external staging system, the corresponding directory on the external server is removed.

Plugin configuration

Extensions → My extensions → Staging System → Configure

If active, “meta name=robots content=noindex,nofollow” is set: Indicates whether the current installation has been marked with “noindex,nofollow” by the plugin. This field is for status information only and cannot be changed manually.
If active, this is a staging system: Indicates whether the current Shopware installation has been marked as a staging system by the plugin. This field is also for status information only.

Staging on an external server

The plugin optionally provides the additional feature “Staging on an external server”. This allows the staging system to be set up completely on a separate server instead of on the same server as the live system. The additional feature can be purchased directly via the Administration. To do so, the shop must be connected to a Shopware account under Extensions → My extensions → Shopware account. After activation, an additional option for creating the staging system on an external server is available under the path type.