# Docker Compose

## Environment Preparation

Install `docker` and `docker-compose` using the [installer](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/#install-compose) or via your Operating System's package manager (`pacman`, for example), then launch the service.

## `cortex-starter` Preparation <a href="#cortex-starter-prep" id="cortex-starter-prep"></a>

As `cortex` itself is only a Rails Engine, it needs to be mounted within a parent Rails applicaton. [cortex-starter](https://github.com/cortex-cms/cortex-starter) serves as a starting point for new users, with `cortex` and `cortex-plugins-core` already mounted and configured with several example `ContentTypes`/`Decorators`. Start by cloning the repository:

```bash
$ git clone git@github.com:cortex-cms/cortex-starter.git && cd cortex-starter
```

## Provision & Launch Application

Provision and launch Cortex Starter, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Sidekiq and live Webpack rebuild via Docker Compose:

```bash
$ docker-compose up
```

Once complete, the admin interface will be accessible locally at `http://localhost:3000`. To access Cortex CMS as superadmin, login as `admin@cortexcms.org` with password `welcome1`.


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