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Get started with Enonic XP

Create, build and deploy your first app in minutes

1: Install Enonic CLI

Open Terminal app and run the following command:

brew tap enonic/cli
brew install enonic

Not yet familiar with the MacOS package manager Homebrew?
Get it from https://brew.sh

...or manually download the CLI executable for MacOS

Open Powershell and run the following command:

scoop bucket add enonic https://github.com/enonic/cli-scoop
scoop install enonic

Not yet familiar with Scoop, the command line installer for Windows?
Get it from https://scoop.sh/

...or manually download the CLI executable for Windows

Open your Shell and run the following command:

wget -qO- https://repo.enonic.com/public/com/enonic/cli/installer/cli-linux/1.0.0/cli-linux-1.0.0.sh | sh

..or, if you are using Snapcraft:

sudo snap install enonic

Not familiar with Snapcraft, Canonical's app store?
Get it from https://snapcraft.io/

...or manually download the CLI binary for Linux

2: CREATE a sandbox

enonic sandbox start

A sandbox is an isolated instance of the Enonic XP Software Developement Kit (SDK)

3: Launch Admin Console

open http://localhost:8080

or simply point your browser to http://localhost:8080

A: login

Create administrator user now, or do it later

Screenshot of the initial XP login - with ability to skip creation of user

B: Welcome TOUR

Install useful apps at the end of the tour

Image showing the last step of XP tour - Install apps

C: XP menu

Check out the apps in the launcher menu

Screenshot of the main menu for Enonic XP

Browse Enonic Market

Install new apps directly from the Applications interface, or visit the Enonic Market website:

https://market.enonic.com

Build your first app

Put on your developer gloves, and choose one of the guides below:
For more guildes, visit the guides section.

My first webapp

Step-by-step tutorial to build your first webapp with Enonic XP

  • my first
  • webapp
  • html5
  • assets
  • javascript
  • controller

My first site

Step-by-step tutorial for building your first website with Enonic XP

  • my first
  • introduction
  • content types
  • demo content
  • pages

Headless CMS starter

Build an app that serves raw content through a powerful GraphQL API

  • tutorial
  • headless cms
  • starter
  • Guillotine lib

Get serious!

enonic project create

Create a new project using one of our templates, or visit the templates section for more info.

Learn more

For more insight and discovering hidden gems check out the documentation below, or visit the documentation section.

Enonic CLI

Manage XP project, SDK and instances from the command line

  • cli
  • xp management
  • xp projects
  • sdk
  • development kit

Enonic XP

In depth platform reference documentation

  • storage
  • runtime
  • xp apps
  • cms
  • api
  • release notes
  • hosting
  • development
  • admin

Content Studio

The ultimate CMS interface for Enonic XP

  • cms
  • editor
  • page editor
  • UI
  • rich text editor
  • content types
  • form

Join the community

Get help and share your knowledge through our various community channels

Forum

The best place to get an answer: https://discuss.enonic.com

Slack

Stay up2date and chat with other XPeers: Join here

Github

We're all about open source, get inolved on https://github.com/enonic

 

professional support and services

Using Enonic in mission critical deployments?
We make a living from professional training, cloud hosting, software support and specialist consulting.

get in touch, or find out more:

https://enonic.com