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Set up local development

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Run your Acquia site on your own machine, with data pulled from a real environment. The quickstart gets a local copy running; the guide compares the approaches.

QuickstartDDEV plus acli. Clone the code, pull the database and files from a Cloud Platform environment, and have the site running on your machine.
Local development against AcquiaThe refresh routine, keeping configuration in sync, pushing work back out, and where Lando, plain acli, and Cloud IDE fit.

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