New Site

Usage

bench new-site [OPTIONS] SITE

Description

Create a new Frappe site. This operation creates a new folder under ./sites which will contain all the site information for the site and also creates a new database in your DBMS with all of Frappe's Modules and DocTypes installed.

The site config, which can be found under ./sites/{site}/site_config.json maintains information about the site's state. For more information about it, checkout this guide .

Options

• --db-name Set the Database name for new site
• --db-password Set the Database password for new site
• --db-type Select the Database Type for new site, options being "postgres" or "mariadb". Default is "mariadb"
• --db-host Set Database Host for new site
• --db-port Set Database Port for new site
• --db-root-username Specify Root username for MariaDB or Postgres
• --db-root-password Specify Root password for MariaDB or Postgres
• --admin-password Specify the Administrator password for new site
• --source_sql Initiate database with a SQL file
• --install-app Install app after installation

Flags

• --no-mariadb-socket Set MariaDB host to % and use TCP/IP Socket instead of using the UNIX Socket
• --verbose Add Verbosity
• --force Force restore if the site or a database with the same name already exists

Examples

1. Create a new site.

   bench new-site {site}
   

2. Create a new PostgreSQL site.

   bench new-site {site} --db-type postgres
   

3. Create a new site while skipping the interactive prompts for

   • Submitting the Site's Administrator Password
   • Submitting the MariaDB Root Password

     bench new-site {site}
     --admin-password {admin-password}
     --db-root-password {mariadb-password}
     

4. Create a new site with non-default and autogenerated values.

   bench new-site {site} --db-type {type}
   --db-name {name}
   --db-password {pass}
   --db-host {host}
   --db-port {port}
   

5. Create a new site with a MariaDB non-root user with database creation priveledges.

   bench new-site {site}
   --db-root-username {user}
   --db-root-password {pass}
   

6. Create a new site with an app (available on current bench) installed.

   bench new-site {site} --install-app {app}