Deploy the GraphRAG solution accelerator. Follow instructions from the deployment guide to deploy a full instance of the solution accelerator.
Create a .env file with the following environment variables defined:

Variable Name	Description
DEPLOYMENT_URL	Base url of the deployed graphrag API. Also referred to as the APIM Gateway URL.
APIM_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY	A subscription key generated by APIM.
DEPLOYER_EMAIL	(optional) The email address of the person/organization that deployed the solution accelerator. Will default to `deployer@email.com`.

The frontend application is a simple streamlit app meant to demonstrate how to build a UI on top of the solution accelerator API. It can run as a docker container locally:

# cd to the root directory of the repo
> docker build -t graphrag:frontend -f docker/Dockerfile-frontend .
> docker run --env-file <env_file> -p 8080:8080 graphrag:frontend

To access the app , visit localhost:8080 in your browser.

This UI application can also be hosted in Azure as a Web App for example.