Strapi is a powerful, open-source headless CMS that allows developers to easily build and manage API-driven content. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Strapi on Linux Mint.
Strapi requires a Strapi CLI to create and manage Strapi projects. Open your terminal and type the following command to install the Strapi CLI globally:
npm install strapi@beta -g
To create a new Strapi project, run the following command in your terminal:
strapi new my-project
Where my-project is the name of your project. This command will create a new Strapi project with the SQLite database by default. If you want to configure your project with PostgreSQL or MongoDB, you can pass an option like this:
strapi new my-project --dbclient=postgres
or
strapi new my-project --dbclient=mongo
Once your project is created, navigate to your project directory using the following command:
cd my-project
To start the Strapi server, run the following command in your terminal:
strapi start
This command will launch your Strapi server at http://localhost:1337. To access the Strapi admin panel, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:1337/admin.
In this tutorial, we've shown you how to install Strapi on Linux Mint and create a new Strapi project. Now that you have Strapi up and running, you can start building and managing your API-driven content.
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