Install Forest Admin on a remote machine

Install Forest Admin on a remote machine

In this short tutorial, we'll cover how to install Forest Admin on a remote environment instead of locally.

When you install Forest Admin, on the last step you are asked to run some commands:

The recommended way of installing Forest Admin is to run those commands locally, which will generate files in your current local directory.

However, you may require to install Forest Admin on a remote server: in this case, you must:

  1. Edit the second command (lumber generate):

    • change --application-host to the URL of your remote server

  2. Run those commands on that remote server instead of locally.

Using Docker

When you install Forest Admin, on the last step you are asked to run some commands:

The recommended way of installing Forest Admin is to run those commands locally, which will generate files in your current local directory.

However, you may require to install Forest Admin on a remote server: in this case, you must:

  1. Edit the first command (docker run):

    • change APPLICATION_HOST to the URL of your remote server

  2. Run those commands on that remote server instead of locally.

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