himankpathak / fixme_backend

FixMe Backend

This app is built with Buffalo

Running the app

• Install docker-compose
• Generate a github token, there is a guide here
• Open the docker-compose.yml file and add values to the env variable
• Run docker-compose up -d

Dev enviroment

Note: It's recommended to read the getting started guide and a few things regarding buffalo from here

Using docker-compose

• Install docker-compose
• Generate a github token, there is a guide here
• Open the dev.docker-compose.yml file and add values to the env variable
• Run docker-compose -f dev.docker-compose.yml up --build (Note: every time that you save a file the app will be recompiled and restarted)
• The app should be up and running at http://localhost:3000

Installing locally

Requirments

• Postgresql
• Go
• Buffalo

Starting the app

• Configure database.yml file in order to connect the app to your PostgreSQL instance
• Generate a github token, there is a guide here
• Set your github token to an environment variable called GITHUB_TOKEN
• Set a random jwt secret key to an environment variable called JWT_SECRET
• Run buffalo db create -a
• Run buffalo db migrate
• Run buffalo task db:seed
• Run buffalo dev(Note: This will watch the current directory and it will recompile and restart the app every time there is a change in your files)
• The app should be up and running at http://localhost:3000