SETUP.md

Backend setup

Mongo DB

# install mongo db, access shell
mongo

# create admin account
use admin
db.createUser(
  {
    user: "devAdmin",
    pwd: passwordPrompt(), // or cleartext password
    roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" }, "readWriteAnyDatabase" ]
  }
)

# check for admin account
db.getSiblingDB('admin').system.users.find()

# shutdown
db.adminCommand( { shutdown: 1 } )

# add auth to mongo conf
vi /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf
security:
        authorization: "enabled"

# restart service
sudo systemctl restart mongod

Frontline Server

git clone <repo>

# install dependencies
npm install

# install pm2
npm install pm2 -g

# update env, follow instructions in example file
# make sure to strong secret, admin password
cp .env.sample to .env

# add mongodb url to the env, replace with username and password from above
mongodb://<user>:<pwd>@127.0.0.1:27017/<db>?authSource=admin

# starting the server
pm2 start ecosystem.config.js

# by default the server is forked by no of CPU cores, load balanced by pm2  
# to change that, update the instances value in ecosystem file.

# to monitor
pm2 monit

# logs
pm2 logs

# create admin account after setting up client and server
curl <server_url>/api/auth/init

Pulling updates

# cd to the repo folder
git pull origin master

# install dependency changes
npm install 

# restart servers
pm2 restart all