Beapi-Frontend

ENVIRONMENT SETUP

1. Make sure you are using a version of Node.js greater than 6.X

2. change the port that node listens on

sudo apt-get install libcap2-bin
sudo setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep /usr/bin/node <--(change if this isn't your node application path)

CONFIGURE

Change the window.version in 'public/html/config.js' to match the current beapi-all-in-one version you are running:

window.version = '1.6.58';

also install...

npm install googleapis

RUN

1. To run the application, go into the root directory and type the following:

nodejs app.js

INSTALLATION AS A SERVICE (this can all be an install script in future)

1. add 'beapi' user

useradd beapi -d /home/beapi

2. move application to /usr/share

sudo mkdir /usr/share/beapi
mv beapi_frontend /usr/share/beapi/frontend

3. Copy your service file into the /etc/systemd/system.
4. Start it with:

systemctl start beapi_frontend

Enable it to run on boot with:

systemctl enable beapi_frontend

Pulling new changes on the server currently requires:

sudo git -c http.sslVerify=false pull

Configure

• config.json : contains url of 'master' instance; this has to be set
• config.js : env variables
  • window.version : version of BeAPI you are running (ie '1.5.58'); this has to be set.