Go to production
Once you have completed the configuration and testing process, your integration will be ready to receive real payments in production. Below, you will find the necessary recommendations to carry out this transition effectively and securely, ensuring that your implementation is prepared to receive real transactions.
After performing the necessary tests of your integration, remember to replace the credentials you used in the development stage with the credentials of your production userAccess keys linked to an application and used to process real operations. You can find them in the application's Credentials section, within the production environment. Use the Public Key in the frontend and the Access Token in the backend.View production credentials so that you can start operating in the production environment of the store and begin receiving real payments. To do this, follow the steps below to learn how to activate them.
- Go to Your integrations and select the application you created in Create application.
- Go to the Production credentials section in the left sidebar.
- In the Industry field, select from the dropdown menu the industry or sector to which the business you are integrating belongs.
- In the Website field (required), fill in the URL of your business website.
- Accept the and the Terms and Conditions. Fill in the reCAPTCHA and click on Activate production credentials.
To go to production, you must place the production credentials of your Mercado Pago application in the Salesforce Commerce Cloud store.
To do this, go to Your integrations, navigate to the Production > Production credentials section in the left sidebar. There you will find your Production Public KeyPublic key linked to an application, used in the frontend to initialize the integration during real operations. You can find it in the application's Credentials section, within the production environment.View production credentials and Production Access TokenPrivate key linked to an application, used in the backend to authenticate real operations. You can find it in the application's Credentials section, within the production environment. It must never be shared or exposed in the frontend.View production credentials.
Access your Salesforce Commerce Cloud store and follow these steps.
- Go to the Salesforce Commerce Cloud configuration panel by clicking on Administration > Merchant Tools > Site Preferences > Custom Preferences.
- In the Custom Site Preference Groups screen you will see the Mercado Pago configuration list. Click on the MercadoPagoCredentials ID.
- In the Instance Type field, select Production.
- Inside the Mercado Pago Credentials screen, complete the fields as appropriate:
| Field | Description |
| Instance type | Determines whether the store is in test or production state. Since you are configuring for production, select Production. |
| Public Key | This field refers to the Public Key of the Mercado Pago application. Since the store is ready to receive real payments, you must use the Production Public KeyPublic key linked to an application, used in the frontend to initialize the integration during real operations. You can find it in the application's Credentials section, within the production environment.View production credentials. |
| Access Token | This field refers to the Access Token of the Mercado Pago application. Since the store is ready to receive real payments, you must use the Production Access TokenPrivate key linked to an application, used in the backend to authenticate real operations. You can find it in the application's Credentials section, within the production environment. It must never be shared or exposed in the frontend.View production credentials. |
- Click Save to confirm the configuration.
Done! You have linked your Mercado Pago production credentials with the store in Salesforce Commerce Cloud and can start receiving real payments.
Done! The Salesforce Commerce Cloud store is ready to receive real payments through Mercado Pago payment methods.