Install from Source

Prerequisites

Before getting started, you'll need these global packages to be installed:

• Node.js (v12) - easiest way to install via nvm
• Yarn - to manage all the packages

Fork repository

First, you'll need to make a fork of the LogChimp repository. Click on the fork button right at the top, wait for a copy to be created over on your personal GitHub account, and you should be all set!

Install dependencies

yarn install

Once you will run the command at the root of the repository, it will install all the required dependencies for both frontend and backend.

Setup postgreSQL database

There are two ways to set up a local development.

1. Download the official Postgres package
2. Run a postgres docker container
3. Use a remote or self-managed database

You can choose any option you prefer. Just make sure, you are running a Postgres database on v12.

To set up a database quickly and easily, we suggest you run a Postgres docker container.

docker run -d \
  --name db \
  -p 5000:5432 \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=database_name \
  -e POSTGRES_USER=database_user \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=strong_password \
  postgres:12.4

Once you take down the Postgres Docker container all the data is also removed, to persist the data on your machine, you can add this line.

-v logchimp_db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data

Environment variables

At the root of the repository, you will find a file name .env.example, rename the file to .env, and update the values of the variables.

For example

# node environment
NODE_ENV="development"

# database
PG_USER=database_user
PG_HOST=localhost
PG_DATABASE=database_name
PG_PORT=5000
PG_PASSWORD=strong_password

Create another .env file inside frontend directory and replace $SERVER_PORT with port number the backend is running on.

# client
VUE_APP_SEVER_URL="http://localhost:$SERVER_PORT"

Creating two .env is not really a best option. We've created an issue to ask other developers for help on that.

Start LogChimp

You need two separate terminal windows to run frontend and backend.

# in terminal 1
yarn run frontend:dev

# in terminal 2
yarn run server:dev