Express Mongo JWT Boilerplate
Installation
- Install NodeJS, MongoDB
- Install
npm
oryarn
- Rename
.env.example
to.env
- Fulfill
.env
data - Start MongoDB
- Run
yarn run dev
ornpm run dev
- Check
http://localhost:3000/api/status
to see it works
With Docker
- Make sure you have installed
Docker
andDocker Compose
- Just run
docker-compose up
to start the server
Configuration
Name | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
NODE_ENV | Environment for node js | "dev", "prod", "test" |
APP | Name of the application | My cool express app |
PORT | Port to run the application (if you run in heroku this will setup automatically) | 3000 |
HOSTNAME | Host name for running the application | http://localhost:3000 |
APP_SECRET | Secret for running app. Use a strong hash in production and make sure to rotate it | ddd36434-80fe-4f18-b3b6-e645697f7b84 |
MONGOURI | MongoDB connection URI | mongodb://localhost:27017/yourapp |
MONGOTESTURI | MongoDB connection URI for testing | mongodb://localhost:27017/test-app |
TRANSPORTER_HOST | Mail server host | smtp.mymailer.com |
TRANSPORTER_PORT | Mail server port | 2525 |
TRANSPORTER_USERNAME | Mail server username | harrypotter |
TRANSPORTER_PASSWORD | Mail server password | alohomora |