Question 1
I downloaded umbraco files using github and made a local environment and played around with it, so now it is quite messy with the umbraco starter templates. So now I would like to have a fresh local install. So I’m going to use back the same umbraco files I downloaded fom github, and do a second local environment, where it is fresh and I can start over with my own templates. Is that ok?
Question 2 - how do I upload the files from my local installation to umbraco cloud? I want to use github. So do I read the Github Actions documentation?
What is umbraco deploy, does it come with Umbraco Cloud starter plan? Should I read Umbraco Deploy or just read Github Actions. I just want to upload the changes from my local environment to the cloud environment.
You can have as many Umbraco projects as you want.
If you have the database configured to something else then SQLite, then be sure you target the correct database.
Note: SQLite is default for local and scoped to the project folder
I would highly recommend you DO NOT store your code ,for Umbraco Cloud projects, outside of Umbraco Cloud.
This is an advanced feature and requires extensive knowledge on CI/CD flows, Umbraco CMS and Umbraco Cloud.
If you want to use Umbraco Cloud then stick with their ready-to-go solution where they handle compilation and deployment etc. and save yourself the headache of running your own pipelines(Github Actions).
AFAIK it is included in all tiers of Umbraco Cloud.
You can go through the docs for Umbraco Deploy, but I think it mostly just works out of the box.
The docs also states this:
The deployment will kick in and the new Documents and Data Types you have created locally are now automatically created on the remote environment.
More info on local to cloud deployments can be found here:
