Setting up VA.gov locally

Set up frontend

The vets-website repo is the front end repository for VA.gov. It contains application code and templates used across the site.

Instructions for setting up the frontend.

Set up backend

Shared services and server-side logic are in the vets-api repo.

Instructions for setting up backend.

Use the full stack

The instructions for accessing VA.gov in staging will work locally if you use your local URL instead of the staging URL.

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