Chitty-Chat

Welcome to the Chitty-Chat project. This is developed following the course Distributed Systems at ITU.

Usage server

This section will tell you how to start the Chitty-Chat server.

Run server using Docker

Build the Chitty-Chat server docker container.

$ docker build . -t chitty-chat-server
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[+] Building 10.0s (22/22) FINISHED
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Run the docker container.

$ docker run chitty-chat-server
2024/10/26 20:52:41 server is listening on [::]:8080

Run server using Go CLI

Clone the repository and run it using the Go CLI.

git clone https://github.com/kanerix/chitty-chat

Use the Go CLI to start the server.

$ go run ./cmd/grpc
2024/10/26 20:52:41 server is listening on [::]:8080

OPTIONAL: You can also use make to do the same.

$ make grpc-serve
2024/10/26 20:52:41 server is listening on [::]:8080

Usage client

This section will tell you how to install and use the client.

Install client from repo

Install the chitty client from the github repository.

go install github.com/kanerix/chitty-chat/cmd/chitty

Use the CLI to connect to the server.

# chitty chat -u [username] -H [hostname]
chitty chat -u Kanerix -H localhost:8080

Install client using Go CLI

Clone the repository and run it using the Go CLI.

git clone https://github.com/kanerix/chitty-chat

Run the CLI with a username and optional hostname (default localhost:8080).

# go run ./cmd/chitty -u [username] -H [hostname]
go run ./cmd/chitty -u kanerix -H localhost:8080

Get help using client

If you need any help, you can use the --help flag.

chitty chat --help