Questions about DrawDB sharing

[ScorpioSYX]

How to achieve sharing the same saved table view after installing DrawDB on the Linux system, and the sharing link reports an error and cannot be used in Linux.

[1ilit]

you need to set up the backend as well.

the backend handles the gist interactions which are necessary for sharing a diagram. so set up the backend and have the frontend point to it.

let me know if you have any questions

[ScorpioSYX]

Thank you for your answer.
I've executed the following commands. How should I proceed next?
git clone https://github.com/drawdb-io/drawdb-server.git
cd drawdb-server
npm install
npm start

[1ilit]

did you set up the .env files? make sure to have those both on the server and drawdb, and you should be good

[ScorpioSYX]

I've added .env files to both projects with the content GITHUB_TOKEN = xxxxxxxx, and I've started both projects. However, I'm still unable to use the sharing feature. What could be the issue?

[1ilit]

the .env in drawdb should be in the following format:

VITE_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:5000

the .env in drawdb-server should be in the following format:

CLIENT_URLS=http://localhost:5173,http://localhost:5174 # the urls you want cors to accept
MAIL_PASSWORD=some password # optional if not using emails
MAIL_USERNAME=app@gmail.com # optional if not using emails
MAIL_HOST=app@gmail.com # optional if not using emails
PORT=5000 
NODE_ENV=dev
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_my_gh_token

[ScorpioSYX]

So, in other words, you're asking whether the CLIENT_URLS configured in the .env file within ‌drawdb-server‌ should include other server IPs and the drawdb frontend address (e.g., http://xxxx:3000). ‌Is that correct?

[ScorpioSYX]

Do other servers' backends need to be started?

[1ilit]

So, in other words, you're asking whether the CLIENT_URLS configured in the .env file within ‌drawdb-server‌ should include other server IPs and the drawdb frontend address (e.g., http://xxxx:3000/). ‌Is that correct?

yes, it should include the frontend address

Do other servers' backends need to be started?

No just running drawdb-server is enough

[1ilit]

Feel free to reopen if you still have questions