Payload CMS

This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.

Overview

Payload CMS is the open source, code-first, TypeScript headless content management system built natively on Next.js. It lets teams define content models in code, manage entries through a polished admin panel and deliver everything over a fully typed REST and GraphQL API. This image delivers Payload fully installed and configured as a system service with the production Next.js bundle pre-built, so a production grade content platform is running within minutes of launch.

Application Stack

Payload installed on Node.js 22 LTS and run by a dedicated unprivileged service account. The content store, holding the SQLite database and your uploaded media, lives on a dedicated data disk so it is independently resizable and survives instance replacement. A systemd service starts Payload on boot and restarts it on failure. An nginx reverse proxy publishes the admin panel and the content API on port 80 with WebSocket support and generous upload limits.

Code-First Headless Platform

Define collections and globals in TypeScript and Payload generates a fully typed REST and GraphQL API, an auto-built admin panel, access control, versioning with drafts, a media library with image processing and a flexible field system. Because the admin and the API are part of a Next.js app, you can extend the front end and the back end in one codebase. Your website, mobile app or service consumes the content over the API.

Secure First Boot

On the first boot of your instance a one shot service generates Payload's application secret fresh and unique to that instance, generates an administrator password and creates the first admin user through Payload's own API. Payload binds to loopback only and is published through nginx; the admin password is written to a root only file and no shared or default credentials ship in the image.

Ready To Use

The admin panel is served on port 80 through nginx at the /admin path. Sign in with the generated administrator credentials to model content, manage entries, configure access control and generate API keys. The REST and GraphQL content API is available on the same port for your applications.

cloudimg Support

24/7 technical support by email and chat. Help with deployment, content modelling, the REST and GraphQL API, access control, media and upload configuration, database and storage, TLS and runtime tuning.

Use Cases

Headless CMS for web and mobile front ends. Typed content API for JAMstack and static site generators. Product and catalogue content management. A managed backend for marketing and editorial teams. Application back end for a Next.js front end. Rapid prototyping of content driven applications.

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