Volto Reference Backend

Documentation

A training on how to create your own website using Volto is available as part of the Plone training at https://training.plone.org/voltohandson/index.html.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js==16.x.x
• PostgreSQL

Create Database

$ CREATE DATABASE volto;
$ CREATE USER volto WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'volto';
$ GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE volto TO volto;
$ CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp";

Make sure the volto user has the privileges to run the last command.

Install Dependencies

$ yarn

Development

Create DB structure

$ yarn migrate

Import dummy content

$ yarn seed

Run backend

$ yarn start

Testing

$ yarn test

License

MIT License. Copyrights hold the Plone Foundation. See LICENSE.md for details.