Starting the CUE Front Design Tools

To start only the CUE Front components needed by designers, enter:

docker-compose up -d waiter styles styleguide rsync

A sequence of output messages is displayed as the various Docker containers are created and the CUE Front services are started:

Creating cuefrontstartpack1208_rsync_1
Creating cuefrontstartpack1208_styles_1
Creating cuefrontstartpack1208_styleguide_1
Creating cuefrontstartpack1208_waiter_1

If you get problems at this point, the most likely reason is that you entered the docker-compose up command in the wrong folder. You must be in the cue-front root folder when you enter any docker-compose command (the folder that contains the docker-compose.yml file). docker-compose will output an error message explaining the problem.

Assuming all went well, start a browser — you should be able to find the services listed below:

The demo publication: At http://localhost:8100/ you should find the front page of the demo publication.
Patternlab: At http://localhost:8103/ you should find the Patternlab style guide. You can use this to explore all the design components from which the demo publication is built. For more about this, see Working With Twig and Patternlab.

See Managing the CUE Front Containers for information on how to stop the CUE Front services you have started.