Tech with Jagmeet

1. To create a new CMS or Optimizely Commerce Connect application, first install the templates. You can also choose to install the Command-Line Interface (CLI) tool for added functionality:

dotnet new -i EPiServer.Templates

When using Visual Studio 2019, you need to choose a prior version to install the templates. The most recent templates are designed for ASP.NET, which is not compatible with Visual Studio 2019.

dotnet new -i Episerver.Templates::1.1.0

Command-Line Interface tool

The Optimizely Command-line Interface (CLI) tool is optional but makes creating or updating databases easy.

dotnet tool install EPiServer.Net.Cli --global --add-source https://nuget.optimizely.com/feed/packages.svc

2. Install CMS

Create an empty site:

dotnet new epi-cms-empty

Create a sample site with Alloy templates

dotnet new epi-alloy-mvc

The following command includes extra options to specify the project name, designate the output folder, and activate Docker (incorporating the files necessary for operation under Docker):

dotnet new epi-alloy-mvc --name alloy-docker --output ./alloy-docker --enable-docker

If you want to create your own database and connect to site. Make the changes in appsettings.json file.

Hope this helps!