backend

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Concise Backend

Tech Specs

1. Go
2. Gorm
3. Postgres
4. GraphQL

Local Deployment

1. (Optional if you don't have Postgres) Run Postgres

$ docker run --name concise-postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB=concise POSTGRES_USER=postgres -p 5432:5432 -d postgres

1. Copy .env.example to .env and adjust accordingly.
2. Run the backend service

go run main.go

1. Go to http://localhost:8080/health to check it.

Optional:

• Use Air for Live Reload during development (https://github.com/cosmtrek/air)

Cloud Deployment

1. Concise Backend has been tailored for deployment on CapRover. CapRover is an amazing piece of software, it's like Heroku of your own! Install this on your own server.
   • (Optional) Create a postgres DB in CapRover from the list.
   • Add a custom app in CapRover (the name will be BE_APP_NAME).
   • Set deployment method to "Official CLI", generate app token (it will be BE_APP_TOKEN).
   • Go to App Configs section, set these values in Environmental Variables

CON_DEBUG_MODE=false
CON_DB_USER=[ADD YOUR OWN VALUE HERE]
CON_DB_PW=[ADD YOUR OWN VALUE HERE]
CON_DB_PORT=[ADD YOUR OWN VALUE HERE]
CON_DB_HOST=[ADD YOUR OWN VALUE HERE]
CON_DB_NAME=[ADD YOUR OWN VALUE HERE]

1. Go to your Secrets and variables section in your Github Repo. Add these variables

   • BE_CAPROVER_SERVER
   • BE_APP_NAME
   • BE_APP_TOKEN

2. Push a tag with this format bv[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+, for example: bv1.0.2