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Lando is a third-party local development tool for which several stacks are available (LAMP, LEMP, MEAN). Lando works with most services supported by Platform.sh except for Vault KMS and network storage. See a list of supported services.

For a complete reference, consult the following resources:

Before you begin Anchor to this heading

You need :

Lando doesn’t automatically pull and set up environment variables that have been set in the Console. To use a build hook that requires environment variables, manually add them.

1. Install Lando Anchor to this heading

Follow the Lando installation instructions.

2. Create an access token Anchor to this heading

To authorize Lando to communicate with Platform.sh, create an API token. Copy the value.

3. Initialize Lando Anchor to this heading

If your code isn’t present locally, retrieve your codebase with one of these methods:

Otherwise, access the directory with your project.

Run lando init –recipe platformsh –source cwd –platformsh-auth API_TOKEN and follow the instructions provided by the interactive prompt.

For a quicker start, create a project based on the Platform.sh PHP template. The template provides the most basic configuration for running a custom PHP project built with Composer. It also includes the required Platform.sh configuration files out of the box.

  1. Create a new project based on the PHP template.
  2. Clone that project locally in one of these ways:
  3. In the project’s folder, run lando init –recipe platformsh –source platformsh –platformsh-auth API_TOKEN.
  4. Follow the instructions provided by the interactive prompt. On the Which project? step, select the project created in the first step.

The init command generates the .lando.yml file required to start Lando. It also adds to your account a public SSH key.

4. Start Lando Anchor to this heading

To start your app and services, run lando start.

5. Access your local app Anchor to this heading

The last lines of the lando start command from the previous step contains URL to the different app and services. Access your app and services by opening the according URLs in your browser.

What’s next Anchor to this heading

Troubleshooting Anchor to this heading

Access logs Anchor to this heading

Access the global logs by running lando logs.

To access specific logs:

  1. Run lando list to get a list of the services you are using.
  2. Choose the one you’d like to inspect.
  3. Run lando logs -s SERVICE_TO_INSPECT.

For more guidance regarding logs, check the Lando logs documentation

Untrusted SSL certificate Anchor to this heading

When you access your local Lando sites through HTTPS, you get an error message in your browser. This is expected behavior.

Find out how to solve it in the Lando blog.

Something still wrong? Anchor to this heading

Get in touch with Lando.

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