Backend API for Tiles; helps with creating/saving boards, authenticating users and managing chatrooms.
The following will need to be installed before proceeding:
- Node v8+
- Mongo DB
- Nginx
- Tiles Client
# Clone it
git clone https://github.com/Fairbanks-io/tiles-api.git
cd tiles-api/
npm install
npm start
The Tiles API should now be serving requests at http://localhost:4001
The following is an Nginx configuration block for both frontend and backend:
server {
listen 443 ssl;
ssl on;
ssl_certificate fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key privkey.pem;
server_name tiles.mysite.io;
large_client_header_buffers 4 8k;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000/;
# Upgrade for Websockets
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
}
location /socket.io/ {
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4001/socket.io/;
}
location /tiles {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4001/tiles;
# Upgrade for Websockets
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
}
}
The Tiles API can also be launched via Docker using the following example:
docker run -d --name tiles-api -e MongoURI='mongodb://username:[email protected]:27017/database' -p 4001:4001 -v "$PWD":/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app node:8 "yarn" "start"```