tinode-db

README

Utility to Create and initialize tinode DB in a RethinkDB or MySQL

This utility initializes the tinode database and optionally loads it with sample data. If the tool finds that the database already exists and of the same version as the expected, it won't do anything. To force database reset use command line option --reset=true.

Build the package:

• RethinkDB go build -tags rethinkdb or go build -i -tags rethinkdb to automatically install missing dependencies.

• MySQL go build -tags mysql or go build -i -tags mysql to automatically install missing dependencies.

Run

Run from the command line.

tinode-db [parameters]

Command line parameters:

• --reset: delete the database then re-create it in a blank state. Has no effect if the database does not exist.
• --data=FILENAME: fill tinode database with data from the provided file. See data.json.
• --config=FILENAME: load configuration from FILENAME. Example config is included as tinode.conf.

Configuration file options:

• uid_key is a base64-encoded 16 byte XTEA encryption key to (weakly) encrypt object IDs so they don't appear sequential. You probably want to use your own key in production.
• store_config.adapters.mysql and store_config.adapters.rethinkdb are database-specific sections:
• database is the name of the database to generate.
• addresses is RethinkDB's host and port number to connect to. An array of hosts can be provided as well ["host1", "host2"].
• dsn is MySQL's Data Source Name.

The uid_key is only used if the sample data is being loaded. It should match the key of a production server and should be kept private.

The default data.json file creates six users with user names alice, bob, carol, dave, frank, and tino (chat bot user). Passwords are the same as the user names with 123 appended, e.g. user alice gets password alice123; tino gets a randomly generated password. It also creates three group topics, and multiple peer to peer topics. Users are subscribed to topics and to each other. All topics are randomly filled with messages.

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Links:

• RethinkDB schema
• MySQL schema