Next.js for Acquia: Setting up CMS

Goal

Setup Acquia CMS for working with the Next.js

Prerequisites

• You should have a local Drupal development environment (e.g. brew or lando/ddev/docksal)

• Composer should be installed

Overview

This is the first in a 3 part tutorial series in how to get started with Next.js and Acquia CMS. Next.js is an adaptable JavaScript framework, built on top of React.js, with great support, stability, performance and security features. We partnered with Chapter 3, maintainers of Next.js for Drupal, to build Next.js for Acquia CMS: a Next.js starter kit for Acquia CMS.

This tutorial will show you how to set Acquia CMS to work with our starter kit

1. Create Acquia CMS project

   Start by creating a new Acquia CMS project:

   (If you have an existing Acquia CMS project, you can skip this step)

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   Note

   The acms:install command is apart of the Acquia CMS 2.0 starter kit installation method. It replaces traditional Drupal installation profiles with a wizard that integrates with composer to install only the project dependencies you need.

   In the starter kit wizard, select acquia_cms_headless as the starter kit.

   Warning

   We also recommend you install the demo content. This way it will be easier to see content coming through the Next.js site later.

Congratulations 🎉

You now have an Acquia CMS instance ready for integration with Next.js. So what's next?

Continue the tutorial series and checkout how to setup the Next.js starter kit.

Additional Resources

• Next.js on Acquia: Next.js startkit for Acquia CMS
• Next.js on Acquia: Customizing content types
• Acquia CMS on Github
• Next.js for Acquia CMS starter kit
• Acquia CMS Headless Documentation