ChecklistSLApi

Web service for ChecklistSL project

Installation

1. Install project dependencies:

   npm install

2. Install nodemon:

   npm install pm2@latest -g

3. Install mongoDB

4. Created ChecklistSLDb database

Environment Settings

Create .env file or specify following variables in NODE_ENV

BASE_URL=/api
CLIENT_WEB_API_NAME=ChecklistSLApi
CLIENT_WEB_API_SECRET=api-shouldbesomehashedvalue
CLIENT_WEB_UI_SECRET=ChecklistSLUi
CLIENT_WEB_UI_NAME=UI-shouldbesomehashedvalue
DATABASE_HOST=<ip or dns name>
DATABASE_NAME=ChecklistSLDb
DATABASE_PASSWORD=<pass for db user>
DATABASE_PORT=<port>
DATABASE_USER=<user name that will be used on befalf of api>
HOST=localhost
LOGGING_LEVEL=debug
PASSWORD_RECOVERY_TOKEN_LIFE=12h
PROTOCOL=https
PORT=3000
// https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started#setting_the_environment_variable
// Replace KEY_PATH with the path of the JSON file that contains your service account key.
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="KEY_PATH"

Launch Api

MongoDB

mongod

Dev

npm run dev

Prod

npm start

DigitalOcean settings:

1. Setting up mongodDB Tutorial
2. Nginx settings live: /etc/nginx/sites-available/api.checklistsl.com

server {

        listen 80;

        server_name api.checklistsl.com www.api.checklistsl.com;

        location / {
                proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
                proxy_http_version 1.1;
                proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
                proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
                proxy_set_header Host $host;
                proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        }


    listen [::]:443; # manual
    listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
    <ssl config>

3. pm2 is used to run expressjs server
4. Nginx is used as reverse proxy