Bhojpur Congress - Deliberation System

The Bhojpur Congress is a software-as-a-service product used as a Deliberation Engine based on Bhojpur.NET Platform for application delivery.

Running your Bhojpur IAM instance

Firstly, you need to start the MySQL database server bhojpur database exists in the MySQL server so that Bhojpur IAM can connect to it.

Next, you need to start the Bhojpur IAM web services backend API server running on top of the Bhojpur Web server engine. It provides authentication and authorization business logic to the Bhojpur Congress backend. A sample of configuration settings is stored in the conf/app.conf file. Please note that it points to http://localhost:8000 (for example only). In case, you see the following error, it means your MySQL database in not accessible for some reasons.

• Error 1049: Unknown database 'dbname'Running syncUsers()..

Next, the Bhojpur IAM frontend web application (written in React, Node.js) is required to enable the Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities in your Bhojpur Congress application. Please note that frontend web application is available on http://localhost:7001 (for example only). You launch it using yarn run start from the pkg/webui folder.

Both of these applications could be hosted eiher locally (in development mode using separate Terminal windows) or deployed on a private- / public- Cloud (in production mode).

Configuring your Web Application in the Bhojpur IAM

The Bhojpur Congress application must be registered in the Bhojpur IAM so that proper authentication and authorization can work properly. The registration process offers certain configuration settings put in the conf/app.conf file. Typically, the System Administrator would do it for you.

For example, in the Bhojpur IAM administrative user interface

• If you are new tenant, a new organization, role, user must be created
• An app-congress application is registered from Applications menu
• Required permissions must be granted to the new user
• Callback URL points to http://localhost:3000/callback

Running your Web Application

Firstly, ensure that your MySQL database server is running and congress database exists in the MySQL server so that Bhojpur Congress can connect to it.

Next, you need to start the Bhojpur Congress web services backend API server running on top of the Bhojpur Web server engine. Check the bhojpurEndpoint settings in the conf/app.conf file. It points to the Bhojpur IAM backend web services API server. Please note that backend web service is available on http://localhost:12000 (for example only).

Next, the Bhojpur Congress frontend web application (written in React, Node.js) must be started. Please note that frontend web application is available on http://localhost:3000 (for example only). You launch it using yarn run start from the pkg/webui folder.

You can run it either locally (in development mode using separate Terminal windows) or on a private- / public- Cloud (in production mode).