Installing Sitecore Headless Services

• On-prem / Virtual Machine / IaaS
• Azure Webapps / PaaS
• Sitecore Containers

To use the Next.js SDK, you must install the Sitecore Headless Services module in the Sitecore environment.

The Sitecore Headless Services module provides APIs and configuration needed for the Next.js SDK, including the Layout Service, Sitecore GraphQL, the Dictionary Service, and the JSS Import Service.

The method of installing Sitecore Headless Services depends on your deployment architecture.

On-prem / Virtual Machine / IaaS

Install using the Headless Services package zip.

• Procedure: Server components installation

Azure Webapps / PaaS

Install using Headless Services WDP packages.

• Walkthrough: Deploying a JSS site to Azure

Sitecore Containers

Layer the Sitecore Headless Services module onto your container images in your Dockerfiles.

• Walkthrough: Add Sitecore modules to custom images
• Sitecore container module reference for Headless Services