Development setup¶
Install node¶
Versions 18 or 20 of Node.js are recommended. See the quickstart for more details about how to install node.
Install fractal-web from git repository¶
Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/fractal-analytics-platform/fractal-web.git
cd fractal-web
git checkout v0.6.0
npm install
Set environment variables¶
To properly run fractal-web you have to configure some environment variables. The environment variables page contains the complete list of supported environment variables and their default values. It also includes some troubleshooting infomation about errors related to environment variables misconfiguration.
When running the application from the git repository, environment variables are set either in .env or .env.development files, see
vite documentation
(briefly: .env.development is the relevant file when using npm run dev and .env is the relevant file when using npm run preview).
You can also add your customizations in a file named .env.local or .env.development.local to avoid writing on env files that are under version control.
Run fractal-web from git repo¶
For development, run the client application via
npm run dev
The application will run at http://localhost:5173.
To test a production build, first execute
npm run build
And then
npm run preview
Also in this case the application runs at http://localhost:5173.