MusareNode/.wiki/Installation.md

Installation

Musare can be installed with Docker (recommended) or without, guides for both installations can be found below.

Docker

Dependencies

• Git
• Docker
• docker-compose

Instructions

1. git clone https://github.com/Musare/MusareNode.git
2. cd MusareNode
3. cp backend/config/template.json backend/config/default.json and configure as per Configuration
4. cp frontend/dist/config/template.json frontend/dist/config/default.json and configure as per Configuration
5. cp .env.example .env and configure as per Configuration.
6. ./musare.sh build
7. ./musare.sh start
8. (optional) Register a new user on the website and grant the admin role by running ./musare.sh admin add USERNAME.

Fixing the "couldn't connect to docker daemon" error

Windows Only

Some people have had issues while trying to execute the docker-compose command. To fix this, you will have to run docker-machine env default. This command will print various variables. At the bottom, it will say something similar to @FOR /f "tokens=*" %i IN ('docker-machine env default') DO @%i. Run this command in your shell. You will have to do this command for every shell you want to run docker-compose in (every session).

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Non-Docker

Dependencies

• Git
• Redis
• MongoDB
• NodeJS
  • npm
  • nodemon
  • node-gyp
  • webpack

Instructions

1. git clone https://github.com/Musare/MusareNode.git
2. cd MusareNode
3. Setup MongoDB
4. Setup Redis
5. cp backend/config/template.json backend/config/default.json and configure as per Configuration
6. cp frontend/dist/config/template.json frontend/dist/config/default.json and configure as per Configuration
7. Start services
   • Linux
     1. Execute systemctl start redis mongod
     2. Execute cd frontend && npm run dev and cd backend && npm run dev separately.
   • Windows
     • Automatic Run windows-start.cmd or just double click the windows-start.cmd file and all servers will automatically start up.
     • Manual
       1. Run startRedis.cmd and startMongo.cmd to start Redis and Mongo.
       2. Execute cd frontend && npm run dev and cd backend && npm run dev separately.

8. (optional) Register a new user on the website and grant the admin role by running the following in the mongodb shell.

   use musare
   db.auth("MUSAREDBUSER","MUSAREDBPASSWORD")
   db.users.update({username: "USERNAME"}, {$set: {role: "admin"}})
   

Setting up MongoDB

• Windows Only

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

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

     "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin\mongod.exe" --dbpath "C:\Path\To\MusareNode\.database"

     Make sure to adjust your paths accordingly.

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

• Set up the MongoDB database itself

  1. Start MongoDB
     • Linux Execute systemctl start mongod
     • Windows Execute the startMongo.cmd script 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

     • Linux
       1. Add auth=true to /etc/mongod.conf
       2. Restart MongoDB systemctl restart mongod
     • Windows
       1. In startMongo.cmd add --auth at the end of the first line
       2. Restart MongoDB

Setting up Redis

• Windows

  1. In the folder where you installed Redis, edit the redis.windows.conf file

     1. In there, look for the property notify-keyspace-events.

     2. Make sure that property is uncommented and has the value Ex.

        It should look like notify-keyspace-events Ex when done.

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

     "C:\Path\To\Redis\redis-server.exe" "C:\Path\To\Redis\redis.windows.conf" "--requirepass" "PASSWORD"

     And again, make sure that the paths lead to the proper config and executable. Replace PASSWORD with your Redis password.

• Linux

  1. In /etc/redis/redis.conf
     1. Uncomment notify-keyspace-events and set its value to Ex.
     2. Uncomment requirepass foobared and replace foobared with your Redis password.
  2. Restart Redis systemctl restart redis