Modules installation
This document describes what is happening under the hood when module is being installed. To find out how to install a module, please have a look to module installation documentation.
Installation workflow
Whole installation workflow can be seen in image bellow:
Workflow in details
Composer install step
In this step user executes composer command to install module.
Files download step
When composer installation command is executed, composer downloads files to vendor directory.
Configuration files updated
During this step the data from module metadata.php are transferred to configuration files, which are located in var/configuration/shops/.
Module assets are linked to the public directory
During this step files from <module-root-directory>/assets are linked to the shop public directory source/out/modules/<module-id>.