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Illustry

How to manually setup Illustry

Prerequisites

Section titled “Prerequisites”

Before installing Illustry Frontend, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • Node version 18.17.0 or higher
  • MongoDB

Illustry backend

Section titled “Illustry backend”

Locally:

Section titled “Locally:”

A file named .env is needed at the root of the project containing the following fields:

MONGO_URL=mongodb:/127.0.0.1:27017/illustry
MONGO_TEST_URL=mongodb:/127.0.0.1:27017/illustrytest
MONGO_USER=<your_personal_mongo_user>
MONGO_PASSWORD=<your_personal_mongo_password>
ILLUSTRY_PORT=7000

Run the following commands:

Terminal window
npm i && npm run build:ts && npm run start:dev

Docker:

Section titled “Docker:”

Run the following commands:

Terminal window
docker build -t illustrybackend .
docker run -p 7000:7000

Illustry frontend

Section titled “Illustry frontend”

Locally:

Section titled “Locally:”

A file named .env is needed at the root of the project containing the following fields:

NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_PUBLIC_URL: http:/0.0.0.0:7000

Run the following commands:

Terminal window
npm i && npm run build:ts && npm run start:dev

Docker:

Section titled “Docker:”

Before running, create the backend image first!

Run the following commands:

Terminal window
docker build -t illustryfrontend .
docker run -p 3000:3000 -e NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_PUBLIC_URL=http:/ilustrybackend:7000 illustryfrontend