Install Hybris b2c accelerator step by step

1. Overview

In Hybris, an accelerator is a bunch of a ready to use extensions that comes with pre-built eCommerce key features, e.g. (Web Content Management, Product Details, Search and Navigation, Order Management, Payment, Checkout…).

There are a variety of Hybris accelerators, each one of them targets specific needs :

• B2c accelerator
• B2b accelerator
• Telco accelerator
• China accelerator
• Travel accelerator

This is a simplified overview of the Hybris b2c architecture.

• ystorefront: it’s the web tier layer of the accelerator, it is implemented using Spring MVC and Spring Security.
• ycore: it is the business and data access layer of the accelerator,  it is often referred to as ServiceLayer.
• yfacades: it is an abstraction and aggregation layer of the business layer, used to convert the data model objects to DTOs.
• yfulfilmentprocess: contains the implementation of the business processes, e.g. Order process, Consignment process, Refund process…
• ycockpits: used to customize the cockpits (product cockpit, cms cockpit…).
• ytest: for integration test.

This article is a step by step guide on how to install a custom Hybris b2c accelerator.

2. Install b2c accelerator

2.1. Preparation

Download the Hybris Commerce Suite 6.x, for this example I will use the version 6.4.

Unzip the Hybris Commerce Suite package inside a directory, e.g. /Users/mouadelfakir/Desktop/hybris or C:/hybris.

The directory path to the hybris folder should not contain any whitespaces.

Let’s agree on some terms before we go on :

• <HYBRIS_HOME>: it’s is the root directory of Hybris (where you have unzipped the Hybris Commerce Suite).
• <HYBRIS_BIN_DIR>: it’s the folder <HYBRIS_HOME>/hybris/bin.

2.2. Install sample b2c accelerator

To install the sample b2c accelerator (electronics accelerator), we will use the recipes installer.

Navigate to the <HYBRIS_HOME>/installer folder and run the following command.

$ ./install.sh -r b2c_acc

...

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 2 seconds

2.3. Generate custom extensions

Navigate to the <HYBRIS_HOME>/hybris/bin/platform folder and set the Ant in the environment variables using the following command.

$ . ./setantenv.sh

Then run ant modulegen with your specific inputs, to generate the custom b2c accelerator extensions.

$ ant modulegen -Dinput.module=accelerator -Dinput.name=training -Dinput.package=com.stackextend.training -Dinput.template=develop 

...

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 23 seconds

• input.module=<module to generate>
• input.name=<name of your project>
• input.package=<your java package>
• input.template=<generation mode>

2.4. Terminal output

[echo] 	
     [echo] 	Next steps:
     [echo] 	
     [echo] 1) Add your extension to your /Users/mohamed/project/run/trainning/hybris-commerce-suite-6/hybris/config/localextensions.xml
     [echo] 		
     [echo] <extension dir="/Users/mohamed/project/run/trainning/hybris-commerce-suite-6/hybris/bin/custom/training/trainingfulfilmentprocess"/>
     [echo] <extension dir="/Users/mohamed/project/run/trainning/hybris-commerce-suite-6/hybris/bin/custom/training/trainingcockpits"/>
     [echo] <extension dir="/Users/mohamed/project/run/trainning/hybris-commerce-suite-6/hybris/bin/custom/training/trainingcore"/>
     [echo] <extension dir="/Users/mohamed/project/run/trainning/hybris-commerce-suite-6/hybris/bin/custom/training/trainingfacades"/>
     [echo] <extension dir="/Users/mohamed/project/run/trainning/hybris-commerce-suite-6/hybris/bin/custom/training/trainingtest"/>
     [echo] <extension dir="/Users/mohamed/project/run/trainning/hybris-commerce-suite-6/hybris/bin/custom/training/traininginitialdata"/>
     [echo] <extension dir="/Users/mohamed/project/run/trainning/hybris-commerce-suite-6/hybris/bin/custom/training/trainingstorefront"/>
     [echo] 
     [echo] 2) Remove the following extensions from your /Users/mohamed/project/run/trainning/hybris-commerce-suite-6/hybris/config/localextensions.xml
     [echo] 		yacceleratorfulfilmentprocess,yacceleratorcockpits,yacceleratorcore,yacceleratorfacades,yacceleratortest,yacceleratorinitialdata,yacceleratorstorefront
     [echo] 
     [echo] 3) Make sure the applicationserver is stopped before you build the extension the first time.
     [echo] 	
     [echo] 4) Perform 'ant' in your hybris/platform directory.
     [echo] 
     [echo] 5) Restart the applicationserver
     [echo] 		
     [echo]

2.5. Config the localextensions.xml

Open the <HYBRIS_HOME>/hybris/config/localextensions.xml file using a text editor.

1 – Add the generated extensions to the localextensions.xml file.

<!-- custom extensions -->
<extension name="trainingfulfilmentprocess"/>
<extension name="trainingcockpits"/>
<extension name="trainingcore"/>
<extension name="trainingfacades"/>
<extension name="trainingtest"/>
<extension name="traininginitialdata"/>
<extension name="trainingstorefront"/>

2 – And delete the following extensions from localextensions.xml file.

<extension name="yacceleratorfulfilmentprocess"/> 
<extension name="yacceleratorcockpits"/> 
<extension name="yacceleratorcore"/>
<extension name="yacceleratorfacades"/>
<extension name="yacceleratortest"/>
<extension name="yacceleratorinitialdata"/>
<extension name="yacceleratorstorefront"/>

3 – Run ant on platform directory

$ cd hybris/bin/platform

$ ant

2.6. Install add-ons (Optional)

Install the following basic add-ons extensions to take advantage of all the features of the accelerator.

$ ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="liveeditaddon" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="trainingstorefront"
$ ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="commerceorgsamplesaddon" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="trainingstorefront"
$ ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="promotionenginesamplesaddon" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="trainingstorefront"
$ ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="smarteditaddon" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="trainingstorefront"
$ ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="textfieldconfiguratortemplateaddon" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="trainingstorefront"
$ ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="assistedservicestorefront" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="trainingstorefront"
$ ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="assistedservicepromotionaddon" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="trainingstorefront"
$ ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="customerticketingaddon" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="trainingstorefront"
$ ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="orderselfserviceaddon" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="trainingstorefront"
$ ant addoninstall -Daddonnames="adaptivesearchsamplesaddon" -DaddonStorefront.yacceleratorstorefront="trainingstorefront"

Might one or more of these extensions are deprecated so don’t worry about it just keep going.

2.7. Configure URLs mapping

Open the <HYBRIS_HOME>/hybris/config/local.properties file using a text editor, and the following key properties.

website.electronics.http=http://electronics.local:9001/trainingstorefront
website.electronics.https=https://electronics.local:9002/trainingstorefront

media.electronics.http=http://electronics.local:9001
media.electronics.https=https://electronics.local:9002

2.8. Config host file

Add the following line in your host file, e.g. /etc/hosts.

127.0.0.1 localhost electronics.local

2.9. Initialize Hybris

Run Ant initialize to initialize the databases with data, start syntonization of catalogs and execute indexation…

$ ant initialize
…

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 21 minutes 1 second

2.10. Start Hybris server

Start the Hybris server using the following command.

$ ./hybrisserver.sh debug

…

INFO: Server startup in 364642 ms

If everything goes well you should be able to access to : http://electronics.local:9001/trainingstorefront

Mouad EL Fakir

Solution Architect with 10+ years of experience across full-stack development, DevOps, and enterprise software design. Expert in building scalable architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and internal developer platforms using tools like GitHub Actions, Terraform, Kubernetes (AKS), Azure, and Prometheus. Strong hands-on background in Java, Spring, Node.js, and event-driven systems (Kafka, Mulesoft). Passionate about developer experience, software quality, and platform engineering