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Step 2: Connect your Magento 2 store to Elovate (one-time setup)

Guide to connect Magento 2 to Elovate with API setup and required patches

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Connecting Magento lets Elovate import your catalog, enrich content, and sync updates back to your store. Follow these sections in order:

  1. Prerequisites & network allowlist

  2. Create the Magento Integration (API key)

  3. (Magento ≤2.4.2) Install required API patches

  4. Enable bearer tokens (Magento ≥2.4.4)

  5. Finish the connection in Elovate

  6. Verify the first sync & what to expect

1) Prerequisites & network allowlist

  • Admin access to your Magento 2 backend & CLI (for patches).

  • Publicly reachable Magento (Elovate needs to call your API).

  • Firewall/IP allowlist (if you restrict access): allow these Elovate workers:

IPv4

  • 168.119.238.80

  • 159.69.3.130

  • 167.235.27.69

IPv6

  • worker 1: 2a01:4f8:c0c:eb3a::/64

  • worker 2: 2a01:4f8:1c1e:a907::/64

  • platform: 2a01:4f8:1c1e:5007::/64

2) Create the Magento Integration (API key)

Next, add the following:

  • Integration Info > General > Name: the name of your integration, eg: Elovate

  • Integration Info > Current User Identity Verification > Your Password: your admin password

  • API > Available APIs > Resource Access:

    • Catalog

      • Inventory

        • Products

          • Mass Update Attributes

          • Edit Product Design

        • Categories

          • Edit Category Design

    • Customers

      • Customer Groups

    • Content

      • Elements

        • Pages

          • Save Page

          • Edit Page Design

          • Delete Page

        • Blocks

        • Widgets

    • Stores

      • Settings

        • All Stores

        • Configuration

          • Catalog Section

          • General Section

        • Attributes

          • Product

          • Attribute Set

    • Amasty: Layered Navigation (when available and in your subscription)

      • Pages

      • Brand Management

  • Click on the top right button (on the arrow), and click Save & Activate

  • A popup will open. In this popup, click on the top right button Allow

  • Copy the content of the field Access Token and add this into the API key field in Elovate.

Magefan blog module

If you have Magefan blogs and also want them in Elovate then please enable the following

  • Blog

    • Posts

      • Save

    • Categories

      • Save

    • Tags

      • Save

3) (Magento ≤2.4.2) Install required API patches

Magento has a historical REST quirk that can unset values at store‑view level. If you’re on 2.4.3 or higher, you don’t need these patches.
If you’re on 2.4.2, install only the Product API patch.
If you’re on below 2.4.2, install both patches.

Install via Composer

composer require elovate-app/magento-patches

Update your composer.json (add under "extra"):

"extra": { "magento-force": "override", "patches": { "magento/module-catalog": { "Magento 2 REST API patch for category API calls": "vendor/elovate-app/magento-patches/category-api/category_repository.patch", "Magento 2 REST API patch for product API calls": "vendor/elovate-app/magento-patches/product-api/product_repository.patch" } } }

Version rules

  • 2.4.3+ → no patches needed

  • 2.4.2 → keep only:

    "Magento 2 REST API patch for product API calls": "vendor/elovate-app/magento-patches/product-api/product_repository.patch"

  • <2.4.2 → keep both product+category patches

Then deploy as usual (e.g. composer install, cache flush, compile if required).

4) Enable bearer tokens (Magento ≥2.4.4)

Since Magento 2.4.4, you must explicitly allow bearer tokens:

Stores → Configuration → Services → OAuth → Consumer Settings

  • Allow OAuth Access Tokens to be used as standalone Bearer tokens → Yes
    Save config, then flush cache.

5) Finish the connection in Elovate

In Elovate (you’ll land here after signup, or go to Configuration → Settings):

  1. Website URL: full frontend URL (e.g. https://www.example.com/).

  2. Base language: Elovate will auto-detect; confirm it’s correct.

  3. Webshop software: select Magento 2.

  4. API key: paste the Access Token from step 2.

  5. Click Connect → if valid → Save Connection.

If your Magento has IP restrictions, make sure you’ve allowlisted the Elovate IPs (see step 1). A failed “Connect” usually indicates token/URL/firewall issues.

6) Verify the first sync & what to expect

Once saved, Elovate will start its initial import:

  • Products, Categories, Attributes, Pages, Blocks appear in Store data.

  • In Dashboard, you’ll see Import from Magento activity.

  • Sync to Magento only starts once you perform updates from Elovate (imports are read; syncs are write-back).

Health checks if something’s off

  • Connection fails → recheck token, base URL, bearer token setting (2.4.4+), firewall IPs, patches (≤2.4.2).

  • Attributes missing or “unset” behavior on store views → confirm the correct patch is applied (see step 3).

  • Slow or queued syncs → depends on Magento performance; watch Dashboard → Sync to Magento for queue length.

Quick reference (copy/paste)

  • Magento API token: System → Integrations → Add → API: All → Save & Activate → Allow → Access Token

  • Bearer tokens (2.4.4+): Stores → Configuration → Services → OAuth → Allow… as standalone Bearer tokens = Yes

  • Patches: composer require elovate-app/magento-patches + "magento-force":"override" + product/category patch paths (per version)

  • IP allowlist:

    • IPv4: 168.119.238.80, 159.69.3.130, 167.235.27.69

    • IPv6: 2a01:4f8:c0c:eb3a::/64, 2a01:4f8:1c1e:a907::/64, 2a01:4f8:1c1e:5007::/64

If you want, I can now update the Step 2 draft directly in your knowledge center voice (short intro + structured steps), or jump to Step 3 — Add new users.

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