Config files

In the root messenger-app directory and also in directories messenger-api/src and socket-server/src is a config file. It is divided into three groups: development, staging, and production.

Socket Server

socket-server/src/config.js

{
  development: {
    port: 4000, // node server port 
    socket_secret: 'SOCKET SECRET',
    redis: {
      host: 'localhost',
      port: 6379
    }
  },
  production: {
    port: 4000, // node server port 
    socket_secret: 'SOCKET SECRET',
    redis: {
      host: '<redis-host>',
      port: 6379,
      pass: '<redis-password>' // Optional, if the password for redis exists
    }
  },
  staging: {
    port: 4000, // node server port 
    socket_secret: 'SOCKET SECRET',
    redis: {
      host: '<redis-host>',
      port: 6379,
      pass: '<redis-password>' // Optional, if the password for redis exists
    }
  }
}

For users authorization on Socket Server, usessocket_secret key, which should be the same in the config files on Socket Server and API Server

API Server

messenger-api/src/config.js

{
  development: {
    port: 3000, // node server port 
    mongoURI: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/messenger',
    socket_secret: 'SOCKET SECRET',
    redis: {
      host: 'localhost',
      port: 6379
    }
  },
  production: {
    port: 3000, // node server port 
    mongoURI: 'mongodb://<mongo-host>:27017/messenger',
    socket_secret: 'SOCKET SECRET',
    redis: {
      host: '<redis-host>',
      port: 6379,
      password: '<redis-password>' // Optional, if the password for redis exists
    }
  },
  staging: {
    port: 3000, // node server port 
    mongoURI: 'mongodb://<mongo-host>:27017/messenger',
    socket_secret: 'SOCKET SECRET',
    redis: {
      host: '<redis-host>',
      port: 6379,
      password: '<redis-password>' // Optional, if the password for redis exists
    }
  }

For users authorization on Socket Server, usessocket_secret key, which should be the same in the config files on Socket Server and API Server

Messenger App

messenger-app/config.js

const awsConfig = {
  bucket: '<your-bucket>',
  accessKey: '<access-key>',
  secretKey: '<secret-key>',
  region: '<region>'
};

const development = {
  apiHost: 'http://localhost:3000',
  socketHost: 'http://localhost:4000',
  awsConfig
};

const production = {
  apiHost: 'http(s)://<api-host>:<PORT>',
  socketHost: 'http(s)://<socket-host>:<PORT>',
  awsConfig
};

How to get AWS access key and secret key

Note

About socket secret

socket_secret is needed to calculate the authorization token on Socket Server.

(user_token === md5(user_id + socket_secret))

user_token is generated on API Server during authorization and transmitted when application establishes a connection with Socket Server