Sitecore Headless 10.2 Without Docker

First you need to install the prerequisites:

1. .NET Core 3.1 SDK (check your installed version with the dotnet –version command)
2. .NET Framework 4.8
3. Visual Studio 2019
4. PowerShell 5.1 (PowerShell 7 is not supported)
5. Sitecore 10.2
6. Helix Example code

Download and install in Sitecore instance:

1. Sitecore Headless Rendering Service:
   https://dev.sitecore.net/Downloads/Sitecore_Headless_Rendering/19x/Sitecore_Headless_Rendering_1900.aspx
2. Sitecore Management Services:
   https://dev.sitecore.net/Downloads/Sitecore_CLI/4x/Sitecore_CLI_411.aspx
   Once everything is prepared, you have to install the Sitecore Headless Rendering Service. This module provides you with server-side APIs and components that are required for the ASP. NET Core Rendering SDK and JavaScript Rendering SDKs (JSS).

After this, let’s go back to the Helox example. It implements a basic company site and we already have some Sitecore Items that we can install on your Sitecore 10.2. These custom items are managed using the new Sitecore Content Serialization system for serializing, sharing and deploying the content items. It also helps in keeping these items in version control.

To use Sitecore CLI, you need to install the Sitecore Management Services package in your Sitecore CM instance.

Installation Process:

1. Install Sitecore 10.2
   For Sitecore installation follow below links,
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXeh18FPdfw&t=1s
   OR
   https://getfishtank.ca/blog/how-to-install-sitecore-10-1-0-using-sia
2. Now you are ready to use Sitecore CLI:
   - Open a PowerShell with administrator privileges.
   - Run the following commands to install Sitecore CLI as a local project tool:
   - cd <project folder>
     dotnet new tool-manifest
     dotnet nuget add source -n Sitecore https://sitecore.myget.org/F/sc-packages/api/v3/index.json
   
   Here use the latest version using this command dotnet new tool-manifest --force
   
   If you are not able to install Sitecore
   CLI, please follow these steps:
   step 1: dotnet tool install Sitecore.CLI
   step 2: dotnet sitecore init
   step 3: For Serialization and public, use below command
   dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization
   dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Publishing
   step 4: dotnet sitecore plugin list
   step 5: dotnet sitecore -h
3. Login the Sitecore CLI with the following command.
   dotnet sitecore login --cm https://s10coresc.dev.local/ --auth https://s10coreidentityserver.dev.local/ --allow-write true
   
   This will open a browser tab with the Sitecore login page. Use Sitecore 10.2 admin credentials to login and allow access to the service.
   Once logged in, push the latest serialized items using the Sitecore CLI by running the following command.
   dotnet sitecore ser push
   
   After finishing this, let's publish all of those items using this command:
   dotnet sitecore publish
   Once above command is successfully run, you should see below websites created in content tree.
   

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