Posh Server

This is a template Express.js server which I frequently use to build HTTP server applications.

It uses Docker for easy containerized deployment, Express.JS for routing and logic, Handlebars for templating, sequelize as an ORM, and a dockerized Postgres database.

Running:

Simply run:

./manage.sh install        # Install dependencies
./manage.sh generate-cert  # Generate certificates (using LetsEncrypt)
./manage.sh start          # Start the server

If it fails to connect to the database the first time, that is because the database image was still setting up for the first time, run:

./manage.sh restart

to restart and it should start fine.

The server will be running on ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS).

This assumes the server is running Ubuntu 14.04 x86-64 and is capable of running Docker. It may need to be run as the root user.

Development:

Install the pre-commit hook to ensure clean, linted code prior to commits. Run the following from the project's root directory

ln -s $(pwd)/pre-commit.sh .git/hooks/pre-commit

Contributors

Ken Leidal [email protected]