Basic-Forum

A basic forum using Node.js, MongoDB and Vue as an experiment

Setup

Docker: (Recommended)

Prerequisites:

• Docker

Start

git clone https://github.com/alive-hamster/Basic-Forum.git
cd Basic-Forum
sudo docker compose up -d

Terminal:

Prerequisites:

• Node.js
• MongoDB

Start

git clone https://github.com/alive-hamster/Basic-Forum.git
cd Basic-Forum
npm install
npm run build
node index.js

Remember to create a .env file

If using https through a reverse proxy https in .env may need to be set to false

Recommended way to genereate secret key:

node -e "console.log(require('crypto').randomBytes(32).toString('hex'))"