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# Provisioning Firestore Enterprise Native Mode
## Manual Initialization
Initialize the following firebase configuration files manually. Do not use `npx -y firebase-tools@latest init`, as it expects interactive inputs.
1. **Create a Firestore Enterprise Database**: Create a Firestore Enterprise database using the Firebase CLI.
2. **Create `firebase.json`**: This file contains database configuration for the Firebase CLI.
3. **Create `firestore.rules`**: This file contains your security rules.
4. **Create `firestore.indexes.json`**: This file contains your index definitions.
### 1. Create a Firestore Enterprise Database
Use the following command to create a Firestore Enterprise database:
```bash
firebase firestore:databases:create my-database-id \
--location="nam5" \
--edition="enterprise" \
--firestore-data-access="ENABLED" \
--mongodb-compatible-data-access="DISABLED"
```
This will create an enterprise database in `nam5` with native mode enabled. A database id is required to create an enterprise database and the database id must not be `(default)`. To enable realtime-updates feature, use `--realtime-updates` flag.
```bash
firebase firestore:databases:create my-database-id \
--location="nam5" \
--edition="enterprise" \
--firestore-data-access="ENABLED" \
--mongodb-compatible-data-access="DISABLED" \
--realtime-updates="ENABLED"
```
### 2. Create `firebase.json`
Create a file named `firebase.json` in your project root with the following content. If this file already exists, instead append to the existing JSON:
```json
{
"firestore": {
"rules": "firestore.rules",
"indexes": "firestore.indexes.json",
"edition": "enterprise",
"database": "my-database-id",
"location": "nam5"
}
}
```
### 2. Create `firestore.rules`
Create a file named `firestore.rules`. A good starting point (locking down the database) is:
```
rules_version = '2';
service cloud.firestore {
match /databases/{database}/documents {
match /{document=**} {
allow read, write: if false;
}
}
}
```
*See [security_rules.md](security_rules.md) for how to write actual rules.*
### 3. Create `firestore.indexes.json`
Create a file named `firestore.indexes.json` with an empty configuration to start:
```json
{
"indexes": [],
"fieldOverrides": []
}
```
*See [indexes.md](indexes.md) for how to configure indexes.*
## Deploy rules and indexes
```bash
# To deploy all rules and indexes
firebase deploy --only firestore
# To deploy just rules
firebase deploy --only firestore:rules
# To deploy just indexes
firebase deploy --only firestore:indexes
```
## Local Emulation
To run Firestore locally for development and testing:
```bash
firebase emulators:start --only firestore
```
This starts the Firestore emulator, typically on port 8080. You can interact with it using the Emulator UI (usually at http://localhost:4000/firestore).