Setup the custom PostgreSQL docker container

Build the custom Postgresql docker container that enables full text search

Run from shell in project root, or run ./build.sh. You will need to add sudo if you are not in the docker group.

docker build -t postgres-pgtextsearch .

Setup the PostGreSQL & ChatServer .env environment variables

These will be used by both docker an our Phoenix app to setup and connect to the PostgreSQL database.

POSTGRESQL_USERNAME=<YOUR_USERNAME>
POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD=<YOUR_NEW_PASSWORD>
POSTGRESQL_DATABASE=<YOUR_DATABASE_NAME>
POSTGRESQL_PORT=<PORT_TO_MAP_TO_ON_HOST>
POSTGRESQL_HOSTNAME=<YOUR_DATABASE_NAME>

Start the PostgreSQL server

docker-compose up

SELinux Consideration

This will allow SELinux to access the ./pgdata/ directory the host filesystem

sudo chcon -Rt svirt_sandbox_file_t ./pgdata/

Start the Phoenix server

To start your Phoenix server:

• Run mix setup to install and setup dependencies
• Start Phoenix endpoint with mix phx.server or inside IEx with iex -S mix phx.server

Now you can visit localhost:4002 from your browser.

Ready to run in production? Please check our deployment guides.

How to access the chat page

1. Register for an account at the /users/register uri
2. Follow the login link in the upper right or access the uri /users/log_in with newly created credentials
3. Go to the /chat uri, create server, and begin chatting.