You’re a Sitecore developer and want to know how to implement the website(s) using Sitecore Experience Accelerator 10.0.0 (aka SXA 10.0.0) on Sitecore Experience Platform 10.0 Update 1 (aka Sitecore XP 10.0.1) and following Helix principles.

If that is the case, you should set up the Sitecore demo – Lighthouse – on your machine so that you’re able to play around with the Sitecore solution example and then learn something.

Note 1: it can only be deployed inside Docker containers

Note 2: this one is a summary of my own experience and is mainly based on the installation of previous version: Sitecore XP 10.0 and SXA 10.0 Demo – Lighthouse – Setup Guide

Prerequisites

• Windows 1809 or higher
• >= 16 Gb of memory
• Sitecore 10 license file located at C:\license\license.xml
• the latest Docker Desktop

Step-by-step Guide

1. ensure to set up your docker environment by following https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/developer-tools/set-up-the-environment.html
2. ensure the Windows Docker engine experimental features are enabled (to allow the Linux smtp container to run at the same time as the Windows containers)
   • open Docker Desktop and then select Settings => Docker Engine
   • ensure the value of the "experimental" key is set to true
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   • (optional) ensure the value of the "dns" key is set to ["8.8.8.8"] if any
   • click Apply & Restart button
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3. to avoid any conflicts, we should ensure the following ports are not being used by another process: 443, 8079, 8081, 8984, and 14330
   • stop IIS
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   • stop windows services if any
   • quit Skype for sure
4. download or clone the git repo from Sitecore Demo Platform 10.0.1 to D:\Projects\Sitecore.Demo.Platform
5. create certificates and initialize the environment file
   • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
   • change directory to D:\Projects\Sitecore.Demo.Platform
   • execute .\init.ps1 -InitEnv -LicenseXmlPath C:\license\license.xml -AdminPassword b
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6. pull the latest demo docker images
   • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
   • change directory to D:\Projects\Sitecore.Demo.Platform
   • execute docker-compose pull
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7. let’s spin up the container-based demo instances
   • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
   • change directory to D:\Projects\Sitecore.Demo.Platform
   • execute docker-compose up -d
   • hopefully will see something like this after a loooooooooooog operation
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8. open a browser, navigate to https://cd.lighthouse.localhost/, we would see the Lighthouse landing page with a full-width carousel and a valid SSL certificate
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9. open a browser, navigate to https://cm.lighthouse.localhost/sitecore, we should be able to login with the admin user and b password (by default, they’re provided in Step 5)
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   • don’t forget to verify the Sitecore version
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10. open a browser, navigate to http://127.0.0.1:44026/, we should the SMTP container catch-all mailbox for all emails sent by Email eXperience Manager (aka EXM)
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Notes

1. for stopping the demo without losing the changes
   • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
   • change directory to D:\Projects\Sitecore.Demo.Platform
   • execute docker-compose stop
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   • start the demo again by executing docker-compose start
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2. for data cleanup
   • open Windows PowerShell (run as administrator)
   • change directory to D:\Projects\Sitecore.Demo.Platform
   • execute docker-compose down
   • execute .\CleanDockerData
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Happy Sitecore Demo!