One of the pain points of Sitecore is spinning up a Sitecore instance due to the fact that the local workstation is often out of space and it can be difficult to clear up space. Don’t worry, Sitecore has got your back to mitigate this.
Sitecore Demo Portal provides template based Sitecore instances to quickly spin up Sitecore XM to play around and carry out POCs without running Sitecore on your local machine.
To access Sitecore Demo Portal, go to the URL https://portal.sitecoredemo.com/. You will be redirected to the Okta login page. Login using your Sitecore credentials (same as learning portal login), or login using your Sitecore MVP credentials.
If you are a Sitecore MVP, it will be enabled by default for you. If you don’t have access, contact MVP support to gain access.
If you are a Sitecore partner, contact your partner manager to gain access.
Go to https://portal.sitecoredemo.com/ and you will be redirect to the Okta login screen:
Click the “Continue with Sitecore Partner or MVP account” option and enter your credentials to login. You will be directed to the below page:
Go to the “Get a Demo” page and choose one of the templates as per your requirements and start the process.
On the "Get a Demo" page you will find 4 pre-defined templates to spin up:
1.PLAY! Summit
A headless site and apps built to showcase the power of Sitecore’s composable digital solutions.
2.PLAY! Shop
A headless commerce site built to showcase the power of Sitecore’s composable commerce solutions.
3.Product (XM + Edge)
Deploy this empty template to quickly PoC and try out Sitecore’s Content Management System.
4.Sitecore Send
An instance of Sitecore Send with pre-configured demo content and analytics.
1.Select any one of the templates to start the setup. I will select the “PLAY! Summit” template:
2.Enter the instance name and choose a region. You will have 3 regions to spin up your instance. Select the region which is closest to you:
3.In the Integration tab you will have to configure your GitHub and Vercel accounts. Your GitHub account is used to deploy your code. Your Vercel account is used to publish your code:
4. For GitHub configuration, fork this repo https://github.com/Sitecore/Sitecore.Demo.Edge and give the forked repo in the integration:
6. Select additional options such as shut down time. You can start the instance again:
7. Review your settings and click Deploy:
It will take 15 to 20 minutes to complete the deployment. While deployment is in progress, you can view the logs and other details related to your instance:
One of the cool features I noticed is that “Demo Scenarios” provide documentation specific to your instance. Do check it out. It is really cool stuff.
Once the deployment is completed you can copy the instance URL, username and password to log in to CMS:
Click Content Managment and use the admin username and password to login to Sitecore CMS.
Until Next Time! Happy Debugging!!
