JWT MERN Boilerplate

This is a boilerplate project for authentication using JWT with MERN stack

Steps for usage

1. Clone the project
2. cd into the project and run npm i in the root folder
3. Run npm i in client folder
4. Create .env files
5. Run npm run dev to start the server and client

Required environmental variables

Client

REACT_APP_SERVER_URL URL to the express server.

Server

• NODE_ENV
• PORT
• MONGO_URI url to mongo
• JWT_SECRET
• SMTP_EMAIL Email used to send password reset email
• SMTP_PASSWORD Password for SMTP Email
• CLIENT_URL Used for CORS allowed Origins