1) init cp composer.json.dist composer.json cp public/.htaccess.dist public/.htaccess cp public/robots.txt.dist public/robots.txt cp config/application.config.php.dist config/application.config.php cp config/autoload/local.php.dist config/autoload/local.php composer update 2) edit config/autoload/local.php to match your database credentials 3) edit config/application.config.php and enabled the modules you need 4) create database schema php public/index.php orm:schema-tool:update --dump-sql php public/index.php orm:schema-tool:update --force 5) create default user and group (table sys_user and sys_user_group) 6) Add APP_ENV environment variable to your web server config to disable config cache and enable developer modules (optional) cp config/autoload/zenddevelopertools.local.php.dist config/autoload/zenddevelopertools.local.php 7) to enabled swagger (optional) Enable module in config/application.config.php cp -R system-module/Swagger/public/assets public/assets