Requirements

Have Node.js and npm installed and working

Setup

development

1. Install the dependencies with npm install
2. Create and fill and .env file in the root of the project (see reference below for the keys)
3. Start development server with npm run start

production

1. Install the dependencies with npm ci (install exact dependencies as defined by package-lock.json file)
2. Create and fill and .env file in the root of the project (see reference below for the keys)
3. Start the server with node index.js or using a process manager like PM2 for example

.env file fields

⚠️ No sensible default value is provided for any of these fields, they need to be defined ⚠️

key	value	description
NODE_ENV	development or production	dev or prod flag
DB_SERVER	<url>	url of the db server
DB_PORT	number	port of the db server
DB_NAME	string	name of the db collection
DB_AUTH_USER	string	db user
DB_AUTH_PASSWORD	string	db password
DB_AUTHSOURCE	string	authentication db