Acquia recommends you to use the Acquia CMS starter kit CLI tool for downloading and building Drupal sites with Acquia CMS modules. The CLI tool includes a wizard to help you set up your Drupal site using one of the three starting points known as starter kits. Each starter kit provides a different installation of Acquia CMS.
To get started, select a starter kit that most closely matches your requirements. The following table describes the available starter kits. The detailed installation process for each starter kit is covered in the Getting started page of each starter kit documentation.
| Starter kit | Description |
|---|---|
| Acquia CMS Enterprise low-code | Installs Acquia CMS with Site Studio and a UIKit. It provides drag-and-drop content authoring and low-code site building. An optional add-on content model is available during the installation process. |
| Acquia CMS Community | Installs Acquia CMS. An optional add-on content model is available during the installation process. |
| Acquia CMS Headless | Preconfigures Drupal for serving structured, RESTful content to third-party content displays, such as mobile apps, smart displays, and frontend driven websites. |
You can install Acquia CMS through the Cloud Platform or Site Factory user interface in either of the following scenarios:
Sign in to the Acquia CMS site.
In the Acquia CMS administrative interface, click Manage > Tour.
On the Tour page, click Get started.
Click Starter kit set-up.
On the Starter Kit Selection page, select a starter kit and click Save & continue.
On the Extend Starter Kit page, select appropriate options for the questions to extend the starter kit with add-ons.
The site is generated with the selected starter kit and add-ons.
Note
This does not disable or uninstall any modules already enabled or installed. This only enables or installs the module required to set up the starter kit you selected.
Before doing these steps, ensure that you set up your factory by following the instructions mentioned in Setting up your Factory.
Sign in to Site Factory.
In the top menu, click Sites.
In the left sidebar, click the group in which you want to create your website.
Click Create a new site.
In Site URL, enter a URL for your site.
(Optional) If you do not see an option to select a profile:
acquia_cms_minimal profile.Select the acquia_cms_minimal profile and click Create site.
Your installation starts automatically. The system sends you an email after your site is ready.
After your site is ready, log in to your new site.
The system redirects you to the Tour Dashboard page and displays the Starter Kit Selection page.
On the Starter Kit Selection page, select a starter kit and click Save & continue.
On the Extend Starter Kit page, select appropriate options for the questions to extend the starter kit with add-ons.
The site is generated with the selected starter kit and add-ons.
Sign in to the Acquia CMS site.
In the Acquia CMS administrative interface, click Manage > Tour.
On the Tour page, click Get started.
Click Starter kit set-up.
On the Starter Kit Selection page, select a starter kit and click Save & continue.
On the Extend Starter Kit page, select appropriate options for the questions to extend the starter kit with add-ons.
The site is generated with the selected starter kit and add-ons.
Note
This does not disable or uninstall any modules already enabled or installed. This only enables or installs the module required to set up the starter kit you selected.
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