TheBackend-CMS

A modular Content Management System built with .NET 9 and .NET Aspire. The repository contains the main solution TheBackendCmsSolution which hosts several projects and modules.

Prerequisites

• .NET 9 SDK (preview)
• Docker Desktop for running PostgreSQL containers
• Git
• Optional: Visual Studio 2022 or VS Code

Quick Setup

Clone the repository and restore dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/trajkovdimitar/TheBackend-CMS.git
cd TheBackend-CMS/TheBackendCmsSolution
dotnet workload install aspire    # only needed once
dotnet restore

Building and Running

Ensure Docker Desktop is running, then start the AppHost which launches the Aspire dashboard, ApiService, Web frontend and the PostgreSQL databases:

dotnet run --project TheBackendCmsSolution.AppHost

The dashboard is available at http://localhost:18888 (port may vary) and the ApiService listens on a dynamic port displayed in the dashboard.

Projects Overview

• TheBackendCmsSolution.AppHost – orchestrates all services using .NET Aspire.
• TheBackendCmsSolution.ApiService – minimal API exposing CMS endpoints.
• TheBackendCmsSolution.Web – web front‑end (work in progress).
• TheBackendCmsSolution.ServiceDefaults – shared configuration such as health checks and OpenTelemetry.
• Modules/ – pluggable modules (Content, Tenants, Taxonomy, Users, …).
• docs/ – additional documentation and guides.

See TheBackendCmsSolution/README.md and docs/index.md for detailed guides and API documentation.