Getting StartedDeployment - Quick Guide

Quick Guide for Setting Up a closed connection in Vercel

Set up a new environment in Dato

Go to your peoject in Dato

  1. Click on Environment (top left corner)
  2. Click on manage environments
  3. Click the three dots icon next to main
  4. Click on fork
  5. Name your fork depending on what its purpose is. For example: designer-review

Connect Vercel

Go to your project in Vercel

  1. Click settings
  2. Click environment variables

Vercel connection

Settings:

  1. Production should be OFF
  2. Preview should be ON, change to a branch that you want to connect
  3. Development should be OFF
  4. Key should be DATOCMS_ENVIRONMENT
  5. Value should be the same as #5 in Set up a new environment in Dato
  6. Click on save