Project Setup and Installation

How to use

This section of the Wiki is a quick tutorial on everything you need to do to use this microservice!

It will tell you what things you need to already have downloaded (and the steps to download said items), as well as how to run everything properly.

Prerequisites

• Make sure you have the following installed before proceeding:
• .NET 8 SDK
• Docker Desktop
• Git
• A code editor such as Visual Studio or VS Code

Installation

Each step will tell you what to type into your terminal to access the repository as well as the application. (Recommended terminal is your Visual Studio or VS Code terminal)

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Akee-Marcus/Messaging-Service.git

cd Messaging-Service

2. Build the Application

dotnet build

3. Run the Application

dotnet run

You should see output like: (Now listening on: http://localhost:5210 Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.)

4. Running with Docker

docker build -t messaging-service .

5. Create the Spin Up Services

docker-compose up --build