Connecting Sitecore and the JSS app

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Prerequisites:

1. A running instance of Sitecore, with headless rendering installed.

2. A headless app created using the JSS CLI.

You can navigate to the previous articles from here for doing the same.

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Given your Sitecore and headless app are up and running,

Run the following command in the terminal to start the JSS setup -

jss setup

Following are the inputs that would be needed by the setup to complete

1. Path to Sitecore folder: <your local Sitecore directory>

2. Sitecore hostname: <your local Sitecore hostname>

3. Sitecore import service URL: https://<your Sitecore hostname>/sitecore/api/jss/import

4. Sitecore API Key: Refer Install Sitecore headless rendering services for creating the Sitecore API key

5. Sitecore deploy secret: <you can generate one by simply hitting Enter>

6. Upon completion of the setup, a file names scjssconfig.json would be created in the current directory.

7. The resulting file would look like -

{
  "sitecore": {
    "instancePath": "C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\sc10sc.dev.local",
    "layoutServiceHost": "https://sc10sc.dev.local",
    "deployUrl": "https://sc10sc.dev.local/sitecore/api/jss/import",
    "apiKey": "{208D7214-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-12578D7D9E30}",
    "deploySecret": "r3eviXXXXXngyygXXXXXfngszXXXXXvcdz07tXXXXX6"
  }
}

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