MusareNode

This is a rewrite of the original Musare in NodeJS, Express, SocketIO and React.

The site is available at https://musare.com.

Our Stack

• NodeJS
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Nginx (not required)
• React

Frontend

The frontend is a React single page app that uses react-router, served over Nginx or express. The Nginx server not only serves the frontend, but also serves as a load balancer for requests going to the backend.

Backend

The backend is a scalable NodeJS / Redis / MongoDB app. Each backend server handles a group of SocketIO connections. User sessions are stored in a central Redis server. All data is stored in a central MongoDB server. The Redis and MongoDB servers are replicated to several secondary nodes, which can become the primary node if the current primary node goes down.

We currently only have 1 backend, 1 MongoDB server and 1 Redis server running for production, though it is relatively easy to expand.

Requirements

• NodeJS (we recommend using Node Version Manager for managing your Node.js installation instead)
  • nodemon: npm install -g nodemon
  • node-gyp
• MongoDB
• Redis (Windows) or Redis (Unix)

Getting Started

Once you've installed the required tools:

1. git clone https://github.com/Musare/MusareNode.git

2. cd MusareNode

3. cp backend/config/template.json backend/config/default.json

   Values:
   secret: Can be anything. It's used by express's session module.
   domain: Should be the url where the site will be accessible from, usually http://localhost locally.
   serverDomain: Should be the url where the backend will be accessible from, usually http://localhost:8080 locally.
   serverPort: Should be the port where the backend will listen on, usually 8080 locally.
   isDocker: If you are using Docker or not.
   apis.youtube.key: Can be obtained by setting up a YouTube API Key.
   apis.recaptcha.secret: Value can be obtained by setting up a ReCaptcha Site.
   apis.github: Values can be obtained by setting up a GitHub OAuth Application.
   apis.discord.token: The token for the Discord bot.
   apis.discord.loggingServer: The Discord logging server id.
   apis.discord.loggingChannel: The Discord logging channel id.
   apis.mailgun: Values can be obtained by setting up a Mailgun account.
   redis.url: Should be redis://localhost:6379/0 for local use. redis.password: Should be the Redis password you put in your startRedis.cmd file for Windows. mongo.url: Needs to have the proper password for the MongoDB musare user. cookie.domain: Value should be the uri you use to access the site, without protocols (http/https), so for example localhost.
   cookie.secure: Value should be true for SSL connections, and false for normal http connections.

4. Setting up GitHub:
   To set up a GitHub OAuth Application, you need to fill in some value's. The homepage is the homepage of frontend. The authorization callback url is the backend url with /auth/github/authorize/callback added at the end. For example http://localhost:8080/auth/github/authorize/callback.

   These values should be put in the apis.github.client, apis.github.secret and apis.github.redirect_uri.

5. cp frontend/build/config/template.json frontend/build/config/default.json

   Values:
   The serverDomain should be the url where the backend will be accessible from, usually http://localhost:8080 for non-Docker.
   The recaptcha.key value can be obtained by setting up a ReCaptcha Site.
   The cookie.domain value should be the ip or address you use to access the site, without protocols (http/https), so for example localhost.
   The cookie.secure value should be true for SSL connections, and false for normal http connections.

Setting up locally

1. In the root folder, create a folder called database

2. Create a file called startMongo.cmd in the root folder with the contents:

    "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin\mongod.exe" --dbpath "D:\Programming\HTML\MusareNode\.database"
   

   Make sure to adjust your paths accordingly.

3. Set up the MongoDB database

   1. Start the database by executing the script startMongo.cmd you just made

   2. Connect to Mongo from a command prompt

      mongo admin

   3. Create an admin user

      db.createUser({user: 'admin', pwd: 'PASSWORD_HERE', roles: [{role: 'userAdminAnyDatabase', db: 'admin'}]})

   4. Connect to the Musare database

      use musare

   5. Create the musare user

      db.createUser({user: 'musare', pwd: 'OTHER_PASSWORD_HERE', roles: [{role: 'readWrite', db: 'musare'}]})

   6. Exit

      exit

   7. Add the authentication

      In startMongo.cmd add --auth at the end of the first line

4. In the folder where you installed Redis, edit the redis.windows.conf file. In there, look for the property notify-keyspace-events. Make sure that property is uncommented and has the value Ex. It should look like notify-keyspace-events Ex when done.

5. Create a file called startRedis.cmd in the main folder with the contents:

    "D:\Redis\redis-server.exe" "D:\Redis\redis.windows.conf"
   

   And again, make sure that the paths lead to the proper config and executable.

6. Install nodemon globally

   npm install nodemon -g

7. Install webpack globally

   npm install webpack -g

8. Install node-gyp globally (first check out https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation)

   npm install node-gyp -g.

9. In both frontend and backend folders, do npm install.

Starting Servers

Automatic

1. If you are on Windows you can run windows-start.cmd and all servers will automatically start up.

Manual

1. Run startRedis.cmd and startMongo.cmd to start Redis and Mongo.

2. In the frontend folder, run npm run dev.

3. In the backend folder, run nodemon.

Contact

There are multiple ways to contact us. You can send an email to [email protected].

You can also message us on Facebook, Twitter or on our Discord Guild.