Setup Craft CMS
How to configure Craft CMS to run locally AND on fortrabbit.
Get ready
Make sure to have followed our guides so far. You should have already installed Craft locally and deployed it your fortrabbit App.
Craft configuration on fortrabbit
Craft 5 uses modern .env style configuration, learn more about the concepts here. This means you can run your Craft locally and remotely without code or configuration file changes. Locally, your .env file will be modified and read. That file is not part of Git, you don't need it on the App.
Database setup
No need to configure the MySQL database connection for fortrabbit. On fortrabbit the environment variables are seeded from the ones set in the fortrabbit Dashboard (not from the .env file). If you chose Craft in the Software Preset when creating the App, all ENV vars at fortrabbit will already be pre-populated. If not, see here.
Next steps
Craft CMS is configured to run locally and is also ready for fortrabbit. Next you can deploy it with Craft Copy. Don't forget our Craft tuning guide afterwards.