Hassah Book API

The backend for Hassah Book.

Requirements

• Node
• Yarn
• Postgres
• Docker (optional)

Setup

• Create a .env file

  cp .env.example .env

  set all the required variables.

Run

• Using docker

  docker build -t <app-tag> .
  docker run -it <app-tag>

• Without docker

  yarn
  yarn start

Deploy

• Docker Compose
  • create a docker-compose.yml file and add your dependencies there (e.g. postgres)
  • upload to the server (e.g. using git)
  • build and run using docker-compose
• Dokku
  • install the postgres plugin
  • create a postgres service

    dokku postgres:create <SERVICE_NAME>

    NOTE: postgres version must be 12.5 or higher.
  • create app

    dokku apps:create <APP_NAME>

  • link postgres

    dokku postgres:link <POSTGRES_SERVICE_NAME> <APP_NAME> -a TYPEORM_URL

  • using dokku config set your environment variables

    dokku config:set <APP_NAME> TYPEORM_CONNECTION=postgres JWT_SECRET=mysecret ...

  • push to dokku, for more details checkout the dokku docs
  • run the migrations

    dokku run <APP_NAME> yarn orm migration:run

  • Linking to a domain (optional):
    • change the app port to 80

        dokku proxy:ports-add <APP_NAME> http:80:<PORT> # the port in .env

    • add the domain

      dokku domains:set <APP_NAME> <DOMAIN>

      NOTE: make sure to remove the default domain/subdomain generated by dokku using

      dokku domains:remove <APP_NAME> <DOMAIN>

    • https

      dokku config:set --no-restart <APP_NAME> DOKKU_LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
      dokku letsencrypt <APP_NAME>