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Supabase CLI setup

📖 Scenario: You want to start a new Supabase project on your local machine to develop and test your database and API before deploying it to the cloud.

🎯 Goal: Set up the Supabase CLI locally, initialize a new Supabase project, and configure it for local development.

📋 What You'll Learn

Install Supabase CLI

Initialize a new Supabase project folder

Configure the Supabase project with default settings

Start the local Supabase development environment

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Developers use the Supabase CLI to build and test backend services locally before deploying to production, speeding up development and reducing errors.

💼 Career

Knowing how to set up and use Supabase CLI is valuable for backend developers, cloud engineers, and full-stack developers working with modern open-source backend platforms.

1

Install Supabase CLI

Install the Supabase CLI by running the command npm install -g supabase in your terminal.

Supabase

# Run the command to install Supabase CLI globally
# Your code here

Hint

Use npm to install the Supabase CLI globally so you can use the supabase command anywhere.

2

Initialize a new Supabase project

Create a new folder called supabase-project and run supabase init inside it to initialize the Supabase project.

Supabase

npm install -g supabase
# Create a folder named supabase-project and run supabase init inside it
# Your code here

Hint

Use mkdir to create the folder, cd to enter it, then run supabase init to set up the project.

3

Configure Supabase project

Inside the supabase-project folder, open the supabase/config.toml file and set the project_id to local for local development.

Supabase

npm install -g supabase
mkdir supabase-project
cd supabase-project
supabase init
# Edit supabase/config.toml to set project_id = "local"
# Your code here

Hint

Open the config file and set project_id to local so Supabase knows this is a local project.

4

Start local Supabase development environment

Run supabase start inside the supabase-project folder to launch the local Supabase services.

Supabase

npm install -g supabase
mkdir supabase-project
cd supabase-project
supabase init
# Open supabase/config.toml and add or edit the line:
project_id = "local"
# Run supabase start to launch local services
# Your code here

Hint

Use supabase start to run the local database and API services for development.