Strapi is an open-source headless content management system that provides a flexible and extensible backend that developers can use to create interactive web and mobile applications.
In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Strapi on Debian Latest step by step.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following:
The first step is to update the server to the latest version of the packages. To do so, run the command below on the command prompt:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Next, we need to install the latest stable version of Node.js on our server. We will use Node.js to run Strapi.
To install Node.js, run the command below:
sudo apt -y install curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt -y install nodejs
To verify that node.js has been installed correctly, run the following command:
node -v
It should output the version of node you have installed.
Now that we have installed Node.js, we can proceed with the installation of Strapi. Strapi can be installed globally using the npm package manager.
Run the following command to install Strapi:
sudo npm install -g strapi@beta
This will install the latest version of Strapi on your system.
After installing Strapi, we can now create a new Strapi project. To create the project, we will use the strapi new command.
Before creating a Strapi project, navigate to the directory where you want to create the project. For instance, to create a project called myproject, you can navigate to the /var/www directory and run the following command:
cd /var/www
sudo strapi new myproject
This will create a new Strapi project called myproject.
After creating the project, the next step is to configure Strapi by setting up a database, an admin user, and initializing the default plugins.
To do this, navigate to the project directory using the cd command:
cd myproject
And run the following commands:
sudo npm run build && sudo npm run setup
This will initialize the Strapi project and configure it as per your specifications.
Finally, we can start the Strapi server by running the following command:
sudo npm run develop
This command will start the Strapi server, and you can access the Strapi admin panel by visiting http://localhost:1337/admin.
You will be prompted to log in or create an admin account, after which you can start building your application.
In this tutorial, we have walked you through the process of installing Strapi on Debian Latest. You can now begin building headless content management systems for your web and mobile applications with Strapi.
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