Why Your Sitecore 10.4 Docker GraphQL Endpoint Returns 404 — And How to Fix It
If you’ve set up Sitecore 10.4 in Docker containers using the docker-examples-jss repository and tried hitting the GraphQL endpoint at /sitecore/api/graph/edge, only to be greeted by a frustrating 404, you’re not alone. I spent days debugging this issue, and the root cause turned out to be a significant gap between what the Docker images ship with and what’s actually needed for headless development. Here’s the full story — and the step-by-step fix. The Setup My environment was straightforward: Sitecore XP 10.4 running in Docker containers via the docker-examples-jss repository, with a Next.js frontend intended to consume content through Sitecore’s GraphQL API. You can get this from Github here and nextJS here. The Docker stack was healthy — all containers (CM, Identity Server, MSSQL, Solr, xConnect, Traefik) were running and reporting as Healthy. I could log into Sitecore at https://cm.dockerexamples.localhost/sitecore/login without issue. But the moment I tried to reach the GraphQL…
A New Blog
Hi everyone. I revamping this blog all over again. I had the weekly series called BYTE Size, which is some simple gotcha or how to pointers for fellow developers. I will still keep that going. Why the new blog? Two reasons. First, my previous setup was my own server setup that I was running from home and with the recent move, some of those files got heavily corrupted. They are somehow not beyond recover, but will take significant amount of my daily time. I don’t have a whole lot of free time between doing multiple college visits and other activities with my twins. They are both going to college this year. Class of 2026!!! Yahooooo! I will eventually get those up sometime in the future, but at this point, I will focus on generating new content that will be more useful immediately. Secondly, with new AI tool, some of the…