Medusa Install & Run on local

Ankit KumarAnkit Kumar
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Prerequisites

npm, nodejs & postgres pre-installed

Step 1

Install npm & nodejs & postgres, I already did. So I am just verifying it-

node -v

npm -v

Step 2

Install medusa CLI with the cmd- npm install @medusajs/medusa-cli -g

Step 3

Create new medusa project with this cmd- medusa new my-medusa-app

Step 4

configure the database - sudo -u postgres psql

create database in postgres - CREATE DATABASE database_medusa;

connect the server with localhost in PgAdmin

configure the .env file DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/medusa_db

Step 5

build/run the medusa - medusa develop

Step 6

Seed database - npm run seed

Step 7

Again run the same command- medusa develop

The medusa admin page will be running on localhost 7001-

email as - admin@medusa-test.com

password - supersecret

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