Run Plone

This chapter shows the commands to run Plone after it is installed.

There are different commands to run Plone, depending on which method you used to install Plone.

Run Plone in foreground mode

Running Plone in foreground mode will show output in the terminal. This is recommended while developing a Plone site. The command you use depends on the installation method you used.

Cookieplone:

make backend-start

Buildout:

bin/instance fg

pip:

bin/runwsgi instance/etc/zope.ini

cookiecutter-plone-starter:

make start-backend

For any of these commands, press ctrl-c to stop the process.

Run Volto

If you use the Volto frontend, you need to run the frontend in a separate process and terminal session.

Cookieplone:

make frontend-start

cookiecutter-plone-starter:

make start-frontend

For any of these commands, press ctrl-c to stop the process.

Start Plone as a background service

Buildout:

bin/instance start

Stop Plone as a background service

Buildout:

bin/instance stop

Run a debug console

The debug console gives you a Python prompt with the Plone site's configuration loaded. Use this for troubleshooting.

Cookieplone:

make -C backend console

Buildout:

bin/instance debug

pip:

bin/zconsole debug instance/etc/zope.ini

cookiecutter-plone-starter:

make -C backend debug

For any of these commands, press ctrl-d to stop the process.