Install and Setup Bench

Bench is the command line tool to manage Frappe apps and sites.

Installation

If you haven't installed Bench, follow the Installation guide. After installation, you should be able to run commands that start with bench.

Run the following command to test your installation:

$ bench --version
5.1.0

Create the frappe-bench directory

Let's create our project folder which will contain our apps and sites. Run the following command:

$ bench init frappe-bench

This will create a directory named frappe-bench in your current working directory. It will do the following:

Create a python virtual environment under env directory.
Fetch and install the frappe app as a python package.
Install node modules of frappe.
Build static assets.

Directory Structure

.
├── Procfile
├── apps
│   └── frappe
├── config
│   ├── pids
│   ├── redis_cache.conf
│   ├── redis_queue.conf
│   └── redis_socketio.conf
├── env
│   ├── bin
│   ├── include
│   ├── lib
│   └── share
├── logs
│   ├── backup.log
│   └── bench.log
└── sites
    ├── apps.txt
    ├── assets
    └── common_site_config.json

env: Python virtual environment
config: Config files for Redis and Nginx
logs: Log files for every process (web, worker)
sites: Sites directory
- assets: Static assets that served via Nginx in production
- apps.txt: List of installed frappe apps
- common_site_config.json: Site config that is available in all sites
apps: Apps directory
- frappe: The Frappe app directory
Procfile: List of processes that run in development

Start the Bench Server

Now that we have created our frappe-bench directory, we can start the Frappe web server by running the following command:

$ cd frappe-bench
$ bench start
18:16:36 system | redis_cache.1 started (pid=11231)
18:16:36 system | redis_socketio.1 started (pid=11233)
18:16:36 system | redis_queue.1 started (pid=11234)
18:16:36 system | socketio.1 started (pid=11236)
18:16:36 system | web.1 started (pid=11237)
18:16:36 system | watch.1 started (pid=11240)
18:16:36 system | schedule.1 started (pid=11241)
18:16:36 system | worker_short.1 started (pid=11242)
18:16:36 redis_queue.1 | 11234:C 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.320 # oO0OoO0OoO0Oo Redis is starting oO0OoO0OoO0Oo
18:16:36 redis_queue.1 | 11234:C 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.320 # Redis version=6.0.5, bits=64, commit=00000000, modified=0, pid=11234, just started
18:16:36 redis_queue.1 | 11234:C 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.320 # Configuration loaded
18:16:36 system | worker_long.1 started (pid=11244)
18:16:36 redis_cache.1 | 11231:C 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.318 # oO0OoO0OoO0Oo Redis is starting oO0OoO0OoO0Oo
18:16:36 redis_cache.1 | 11231:C 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.318 # Redis version=6.0.5, bits=64, commit=00000000, modified=0, pid=11231, just started
18:16:36 redis_cache.1 | 11231:C 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.318 # Configuration loaded
18:16:36 redis_cache.1 | 11231:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.320 * Increased maximum number of open files to 10032 (it was originally set to 256).
18:16:36 redis_queue.1 | 11234:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.325 * Increased maximum number of open files to 10032 (it was originally set to 256).
18:16:36 system | worker_default.1 started (pid=11245)
18:16:36 redis_cache.1 | 11231:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.337 * Running mode=standalone, port=13000.
18:16:36 redis_cache.1 | 11231:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.337 # Server initialized
18:16:36 redis_cache.1 | 11231:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.337 * Ready to accept connections
18:16:36 redis_queue.1 | 11234:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.367 * Running mode=standalone, port=11000.
18:16:36 redis_queue.1 | 11234:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.367 # Server initialized
18:16:36 redis_queue.1 | 11234:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.367 * Ready to accept connections
18:16:36 redis_socketio.1 | 11233:C 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.359 # oO0OoO0OoO0Oo Redis is starting oO0OoO0OoO0Oo
18:16:36 redis_socketio.1 | 11233:C 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.359 # Redis version=6.0.5, bits=64, commit=00000000, modified=0, pid=11233, just started
18:16:36 redis_socketio.1 | 11233:C 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.359 # Configuration loaded
18:16:36 redis_socketio.1 | 11233:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.374 * Increased maximum number of open files to 10032 (it was originally set to 256).
18:16:36 redis_socketio.1 | 11233:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.417 * Running mode=standalone, port=12000.
18:16:36 redis_socketio.1 | 11233:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.418 # Server initialized
18:16:36 redis_socketio.1 | 11233:M 10 Jul 2020 18:16:36.418 * Ready to accept connections
18:16:37 socketio.1 | listening on *: 9000
18:16:41 web.1 | * Running on http://0.0.0.0:8000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
18:16:41 web.1 | * Restarting with fsevents reloader
18:16:41 watch.1 | yarn run v1.22.4
18:16:41 watch.1 | $ node rollup/watch.js
18:16:42 watch.1 |
18:16:42 watch.1 | Rollup Watcher Started
18:16:42 watch.1 |
18:16:42 watch.1 | Watching...
18:16:42 web.1 | * Debugger is active!
18:16:42 web.1 | * Debugger PIN: 100-672-925
18:16:43 watch.1 | Rebuilding frappe-web-b4.css
18:16:44 watch.1 | Rebuilding frappe-chat-web.css
18:16:44 watch.1 | Rebuilding chat.js
18:16:45 watch.1 | Rebuilding frappe-recorder.min.js
18:16:48 watch.1 | Rebuilding checkout.min.js
18:16:48 watch.1 | Rebuilding frappe-web.min.js
18:16:51 watch.1 | Rebuilding bootstrap-4-web.min.js
18:16:52 watch.1 | Rebuilding control.min.js
18:16:54 watch.1 | Rebuilding dialog.min.js
18:16:57 watch.1 | Rebuilding desk.min.css
18:16:57 watch.1 | Rebuilding frappe-rtl.css
18:16:58 watch.1 | Rebuilding printview.css
18:16:58 watch.1 | Rebuilding desk.min.js
18:17:04 watch.1 | Rebuilding form.min.css
18:17:04 watch.1 | Rebuilding form.min.js
18:17:07 watch.1 | Rebuilding list.min.css
18:17:07 watch.1 | Rebuilding list.min.js
18:17:09 watch.1 | Rebuilding report.min.css
18:17:09 watch.1 | Rebuilding report.min.js
18:17:12 watch.1 | Rebuilding web_form.min.js
18:17:12 watch.1 | Rebuilding web_form.css
18:17:13 watch.1 | Rebuilding email.css
18:17:13 watch.1 | Rebuilding social.min.js
18:17:13 watch.1 | Rebuilding barcode_scanner.min.js
18:17:15 watch.1 | Rebuilding data_import_tools.min.js

This will start several processes including a Python web server based on Gunicorn, redis servers for caching, job queuing and socketio pub-sub, background workers, node server for socketio and a node server for compiling JS/CSS files.

The web server will start listening on the port 8000 but we don't have any sites yet to serve. Our next step is to create our app and create a site that will have this app installed.

Make sure not to close the terminal where bench start is running. To run bench commands, create another terminal and cd into the frappe-bench directory.

Good job on following the tutorial so far!

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