# Grav install guide

Source: https://docs.fortrabbit.com/guides/more/grav
Reviewed: 2026-07-06


## Quick start

We usually advise running [your project locally](/integrations/local-development/intro) and using [Git deployment](/platform/deployment/intro). Since Grav CMS is a file-based content management system where files may change on the environment, we cannot advise using Git deployment, since it is designed to work as a one-way street.

## SFTP installation guide

1. Download the "latest Grav Core + Admin plugin" from the [Grav website](https://getgrav.org/downloads) and unpack it locally.
2. Copy all **contents** of the local `grav-admin` folder (not the folder itself) via [SFTP](/platform/code-access/sftp) to the `htdocs` folder of your environment.

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Consider to use [rsync](/dev/how-to/rsync) to sync changes up and down.

## Environment configuration

Grav allows you to [configure different settings based on the domain](https://learn.getgrav.org/advanced/environment-config) it is served from. For example, if you are developing your Grav site locally, you probably want debugging enabled while you want it disabled when serving from fortrabbit. To that end, you can create domain-specific configurations. All you need to do is create a new `system.yaml` configuration file for your custom domain. Say the domain you are using is `www.my-grav.tld`, you would create the file `user/www.my-grav.tld/config/system.yaml`, in which you then set:



```yaml
debugger:
  enabled: false
```

An even better approach is set your `user/config/system.yaml` as restrictive as possible while using a special localhost configuration in `user/localhost/config/system.yaml`, which enables debugging and so on:



```yaml
debugger:
  enabled: true
```