Red - Lightweight Node.js Boilerplate

Why Red

Lightweight Node.js Boilerplate. Goal is to keep it minimal and on the point.

Features

• OAuth (Google)
• Logging (Morgan & Winston)
• Routing
• Global Exception Handling
• NoSQL Database (MongoDB & Mongoose ORM)

Setup

Requirements

Node.js >= 13.3.0

Clone Repo

git clone https://github.com/i-break-codes/red.git

Once you are done cloning the repo, navigate to the project directory and follow the steps mentioned below:

Switch NVM Version

nvm use

Install Node Modules

Install Yarn from https://yarnpkg.com/ if you haven't.

yarn install

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Initialize System Configuration

npm run dev:app:setup

The above command will add required configuration files to the system at the following paths:

File Name	Path	Info
.env	App Root ( / )	Environment Variables
pm2.development.json	App Root ( / )	PM2 Configuration
auth.keys.json	Config (/app/config/)	Authentication Keys
db.config.json	Config (/app/config)	Database Configuration & Keys

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Set Configuration

.env Defaults (/.env)

# Strictly use this for setting Environment variables only, 
# use Config to store App Config.

env=development
port=8082

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PM2 Dev Configuration Defaults (/pm2.development.json)

{
  "name": "red-dev",
  "script": "./server.js",
  "watch": true,
  "watch_delay": 1000,
  "log_date_format" : "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm Z",
  "ignore_watch": [
  "node_modules",
    "*.log",
    "yarn.*",
    ".gitignore",
    "package.json",
    "samples",
    ".nvmrc",
    "README.md"
  ],
  "watch_options": {
    "followSymlinks": false
  },
  "args": ["--color"]
}

Database Configuration Defaults (/app/config/db.config.json)

{
  "mongo": {
    "name": "red",
    "username": "",
    "password": "",
    "host": "localhost",
    "port": 27017
  },
  "redis": {
    "host": "localhost",
    "port": 6379,
    "ttl": 2592000,
    "secret": "R4ND0M_JUNK"
  }
}

OAuth Authorization Keys (/app/config/auth.keys.json)

{
  "google": {
    "clientId": "CLIENT_ID",
    "clientSecret": "CLIENT_SECRET"
  }
}

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Initialize Server

npm run dev:app:run