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MusareNode

This is a rewrite of the original Musare in NodeJS, Express, SocketIO and VueJS. Everything is ran in it's own docker container, but you can also run it without Docker.

The site is available at https://musare.com.

Our Stack

• NodeJS
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Nginx (not required)
• VueJS

Frontend

The frontend is a vue-cli generated, vue-loader single page app, that's served over Nginx or express. The Nginx server not only serves the frontend, but also serves as a load balancer for requests going to the backend.

Backend

The backend is a scalable NodeJS / Redis / MongoDB app. Each backend server handles a group of SocketIO connections. User sessions are stored in a central Redis server. All data is stored in a central MongoDB server. The Redis and MongoDB servers are replicated to several secondary nodes, which can become the primary node if the current primary node goes down.

We currently only have 1 backend, 1 MongoDB server and 1 Redis server running for production, though it is relatively easy to expand.

Requirements

Option 1: (not recommended for Windows users)

• Docker

Option 2:

• NodeJS
  • nodemon: npm install -g nodemon
  • node-gyp
• MongoDB
• Redis (Windows) Redis (Unix)

Getting Started

Once you've installed the required tools:

1. git clone https://github.com/MusareNode/MusareNode.git

2. cd MusareNode

3. cp backend/config/template.json backend/config/default.json

   Values:
   The secret key can be whatever. It's used by express's session module.
   The domain should be the url where the site will be accessible from, usually http://localhost for non-Docker.
   The serverDomain should be the url where the backend will be accessible from, usually http://localhost:8080 for non-Docker.
   The serverPort should be the port where the backend will listen on, usually 8080 for non-Docker.
   isDocker if you are using Docker or not.
   The apis.youtube.key value can be obtained by setting up a YouTube API Key.
   The apis.recaptcha.secret value can be obtained by setting up a ReCaptcha Site.
   The apis.github values can be obtained by setting up a GitHub OAuth Application.
   apis.discord is currently not needed.
   The apis.mailgun values can be obtained by setting up a Mailgun account.
   The redis.url url should be left alone for Docker, and changed to redis://localhost:6379/0 for non-Docker. The mongo.url url should be left alone for Docker, and changed to mongodb://localhost:27017/musare for non-Docker.
   The cookie.domain value should be the ip or address you use to access the site, without protocols (http/https), so for example localhost.
   The cookie.secure value should be true for SSL connections, and false for normal http connections.

4. cp frontend/build/config/template.json frontend/build/config/default.json

   Values:
   The serverDomain should be the url where the backend will be accessible from, usually http://localhost:8080 for non-Docker.
   The recaptcha.key value can be obtained by setting up a ReCaptcha Site.
   The cookie.domain value should be the ip or address you use to access the site, without protocols (http/https), so for example localhost.
   The cookie.secure value should be true for SSL connections, and false for normal http connections.

Now you have different paths here.

####Docker

1. Build the backend and frontend Docker images (from the main folder)

docker-compose build

1. Start the databases and tools in the background, as we usually don't need to monitor these for errors

docker-compose up -d mongo mongoclient redis

1. Start the backend and frontend in the foreground, so we can watch for errors during development

docker-compose up backend frontend

1. You should now be able to begin development! The backend is auto reloaded when you make changes and the frontend is auto compiled and live reloaded by webpack when you make changes. You should be able to access Musare in your local browser at http://<docker-machine-ip>:8080/ where <docker-machine-ip> can be found below:

   • Docker for Windows / Mac: This is just localhost

   • Docker ToolBox: The output of docker-machine ip default

####Non-docker

1. In the main folder, create a folder called .database

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

   "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin\mongod.exe" --dbpath "D:\Programming\HTML\MusareNode\.database"
   

   Make sure to adjust your paths accordingly.

3. In the folder where you installed Redis, edit the redis.windows.conf file. In there, look for the property notify-keyspace-events. Make sure that property is uncommented and has the value Ex. It should look like notify-keyspace-events Ex when done.

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

   "D:\Redis\redis-server.exe" "D:\Redis\redis.windows.conf"
   

   And again, make sure that the paths lead to the proper config and executable.

Extra

Below is a list of helpful tips / solutions we've collected while developing MusareNode.

Mounting a non-standard directory in Docker Toolbox on Windows

Docker Toolbox usually only gives VirtualBox access to C:/Users of your local machine. So if your code is located elsewere on your machine, you'll need to tell Docker Toolbox how to find it. You can use variations of the following commands to give Docker Toolbox access to those files.

1. First lets ensure the machine isn't running

docker-machine stop default

1. Next we'll want to tell the machine about the folder we want to share.

"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" sharedfolder add default --name "d/Projects/MusareNode" --hostpath "D:\Projects\MusareNode" --automount

1. Now start the machine back up and ssh into it

docker-machine start default && docker-machine ssh default

1. Tell boot2docker to mount our volume at startup, by appending to its startup script

   sudo tee -a /mnt/sda1/var/lib/boot2docker/profile >/dev/null <<EOF
   
   mkdir -p /d/Projects/MusareNode
   mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=50 d/Projects/MusareNode /d/Projects/MusareNode
   EOF
   

   1. Restart the docker machine so that it uses the new shared folder

   docker-machine restart default

   1. You now should be good to go!

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

   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).

   Running Musare locally without using Docker

   1. Install Redis and MongoDB

   2. Install nodemon globally

   npm install nodemon -g

   1. Install webpack globally

   npm install webpack -g

   1. Install node-gyp globally (first check out https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation)

   npm install node-gyp -g.

   1. In both frontend and backend folders, do npm install.

   2. nodemon backend/index.js

   Calling Toasts

   You can call Toasts using our custom package, vue-roaster, using the following code:

   import { Toast } from 'vue-roaster';
   Toast.methods.addToast('', 0);
   

Contact

There are multiple ways to contact us. You can send an email to musaremusic@gmail.com or krisvos130@gmail.com.

You can also message us on Facebook, Twitter or on our Discord.