Hello Mentors Server

Server for Hello Mentors

Running the server without docker

Requirements

• node
• npm
• mysql

Setup

1. Copy .env.template to .env and populate the variables
2. Run ./mysql/init_db.sql on your mysql instance
3. Run npm install
4. Run npm start
5. Server is now running

Running the server with docker

Requirements

• docker
• docker-compose

Setup

1. Copy .env.template to .env and populate the variables
2. Run docker-compose -f "docker-compose.yml" up -d --build
3. Server is now running and mysql will use ./mysql-volume to store its data

Teardown

1. Run docker-compose -f "docker-compose.yml" down
2. Docker containers will be stopped and deleted
3. (Optional) Delete ./mysql-volume to remove the database

Running the debug server in docker

Requirements

• docker
• docker-compose

Setup

1. Copy .env.template to .env and populate the variables
2. Run docker-compose -f "docker-compose.debug.yml" up -d --build
3. Server is now running and mysql will use ./mysql-volume to store its data

Features not in default server

• Database is prepopulated with sample data
• node --inspect available at port 9229 for attaching a debugger
• adminer running on port 8080 for database inspection

Teardown

1. Run docker-compose -f "docker-compose.debug.yml" down
2. Docker containers will be stopped and deleted
3. (Optional) Delete ./mysql-volume to remove the database