Installation

Dependencies

• Install git

sudo apt install git-all

• Install node (10.x.x) with npm.

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install nodejs

• Install postgres or any other supported DB (MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite and Microsoft SQL Server).

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib

External services

• Create a Sendgrid account.
• Create a Cloudinary account account.

Download and install Escapp

• Clone this repository:

git clone http://github.com/ging/escapp
cd escapp

• Install code dependencies:

npm install

• Create user and database:

sudo -i -u postgres
psql
create database escapp_prod;
create user loguser with encrypted password 'xxxxxx';
grant all privileges on database escapp_prod to loguser;
\q
exit

• Create database tables:

npm run migrate_local

• [ Optional ] Seed database (only in development):

npm run seed_local

• Configure environment variables in .env file:

DATABASE_URL=postgres://xxxxxx@localhost/escapp_prod
CLOUDINARY_URL=...
SENDGRID_API_KEY=...
APP_NAME=myserverurl.com
PORT=80

• Run the server in development mode

npm run dev

Deploy to production

• Save SSL certificates in:

/etc/ssl/private/key.pem
/etc/ssl/certs/cert.pem
/etc/ssl/certs/DigiCertCA.pem

• Set the NODE_ENV environment variable to production:

export NODE_ENV=production

• Run the server:

npm run start_production

• [ Optional ] Install foreverand run the server with forever:

sudo npm install -g forever forever-monitor
sudo npm run start_production_forever

# Update escapp to the latest version

cd escapp
git pull origin master
npm install
npm run migrate_local
sudo forever stopall
sudo npm run start_production_forever