Magento 2 was just released last night and, I can't wait to work on it.
I tried installing it with all prerequisites.
Frontend works fine. But when I tried to open the backend, it says "this webpage has a redirect loop".
Magento created "admin_r2sxkn" as a unique backend URL.
My Admin URL is http://localhost/magento2/admin_r2sxkn
As a solution, I tried deleting the cache which did not work.
P.S I have xampp on mac, with the latest versions of PHP and MySql, installed PHP extension incl as required.
Any help would be appreciated.
Best Answer
A browser does not support cookies on top-level domains like localhost. Please reinstall Magento on a different hostname (ex. magento.dev).
Also, Magento supports only Linux. So better to use Vagrant for development. You can use any exists preconfiguret vagrant instance that do all work for you