vendure start

Runs a project that has already been compiled with vendure build.

Usage

bash

vendure start [target]

target (optional, default all): all | server | worker.

There is no dashboard target — the dashboard is built to static assets and served by the server.

Options

Option	Description
`--server-entry <path>`	Path to the compiled server entry file
`--worker-entry <path>`	Path to the compiled worker entry file

Notes

Run vendure build first. start does not compile anything; it runs the already-compiled output.
For production-only installs where dev dependencies are pruned, do not rely on vendure start unless @vendure/cli is installed as a production dependency. Use the compiled entrypoints directly instead: node ./dist/index.js for the server and node ./dist/index-worker.js for the worker.
vendure start all starts server and worker together. If either child exits, the CLI terminates the sibling and waits for it to close so graceful shutdown hooks can complete.
This is a long-running process — run it only when the user asks, and prefer the background.

Examples

bash

vendure build && vendure start   # build then run
vendure start worker                 # run just the worker
node ./dist/index.js                 # production server without the CLI