medusa-starter

Medusa Starter Default

This repo provides the skeleton to get you started with using Medusa. Follow the steps below to get ready.

Prerequisites

• Have Postgresql installed and ensure it is running and initialized.

  • $ brew install postgresql
  • $ brew services start postgresql
  • $ createdb

• Install Redis and ensure that it is running.

  • $ brew install redis
  • $ brew services start redis

• Have Yarn and related packages installed globally:

  • Install yarn if needed $ brew install yarn
  • Install packages $ yarn global add npm @babel/core

Running Medusa

• Rename .env.template to .env: $ mv .env.template .env
• Setup a Stripe account and add your API key and webhook secret to your .env
• Setup a Sendgrid account and add your API key to your .env
• Install all dependencies $ yarn
• Create a local postgres database using $ psql -h localhost -c 'create database "medusa-development";'
• Migrate and seed the database $ yarn seed
• Run $ medusa develop

Your local Medusa server is now running on port 9000.

Visit docs.medusa-commerce.com for further guides.