Upload Validate

A Node.js app which lets users submit comments with images and then lets administrators validate image categories

App Dependencies

Node - v8+ LTS (https://nodejs.org)
Redis - (http://redis.io/)
aws-sdk (uses S3 for Object Store) - (https://www.npmjs.com/package/aws-sdk)

App requires Node.js v8+ LTS to run.

$ brew install node // tested with v8.11.3

App requires Redis (http://redis.io/)

$ brew install redis // tested with v=4.9.105

Create Cloud Account

This project uses an object store to store files. Currently supported by AWS S3)

Use AWS S3 for Object Store

1. Create an AWS Account - https://aws.amazon.com/
2. Add IAM User - https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home#/users

Permissions boundary = Permissions boundary is not set
Save User name (ex: ‘uvuser1’)
Save Access key ID (ex:AKIAIDS5VN36LDSQHYSQ1)
Save Secret access key (ex: 1L6xgbHVGbl0gVAHzC+DJkuDWxcaAlr1sUrKLXegN)

3. Add “AmazonS3FullAccess" permissions to your user.

Click “Users”, Your user name, the “Permissions” tab, then the “Add Permissions” button.
Then click “Attach Existing Policies Direction” and then add “AmazonS3FullAccess”

4. Create S3 bucket called ‘uploadvalidate’ - https://s3.console.aws.amazon.com/s3/

Accept all of the defaults
Click on ‘Permissions’ tab, then ‘Bucket Policy’ sub-tab. Click “Policy generator” link.
Add a new policy. Replace arn & Resource. Example:

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Id": "Policy1532195484598",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "Stmt1532195473162",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": {
                "AWS": [
                    "arn:aws:iam::1694891348995:user/uvuser1"
                ]
            },
            "Action": "s3:*",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::uploadvalidate"
        }
    ]
}

App Installation

Clone the repository.

$ git clone https://github.com/dnielsen/uploadvalidate.git
$ cd uploadvalidate

API Installation

$ cd api
$ nano .env

.env File

Copy .env.default to .env and add following Environment variables and save the file.

# Server Credentials
PORT=3000
REDIS_IP=localhost
REDIS_PORT=6379
REDIS_PASSWORD=YOUR_REDIS_PASSWORD

#aws s3 credentials
IAM_USER_KEY=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID
IAM_USER_SECRET=YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
BUCKET_NAME=YOUR_BUCKET_NAME

continue installation

Install the dependencies and start the server.

$ npm install // downloads/installs the latest packages for the dependencies in package.json
$ npm start // Runs node server.js.

Website Installation

(In separate terminal window open 'uploadvalidate' directory)

$ cd website
$ nano .env

.env File

Copy .env.default to .env and add following Environment variables and save the file.

# Server Credentials
PORT=8080
API_IP=localhost
API_PORT=3000

continue installation

Install the dependencies and start the server.

$ npm install // downloads/installs the latest packages for the dependencies in package.json
$ npm start // Runs node server.js.

$ redis-server

View in web browser

[http://<YOUR_HOST>:<YOUR_PORT>] (ex: http://35.225.139.31:8080)

To deploy this app into a cluster/Kubernetes:

• Documentation for Docker Swarm
• Documentation for Docker Kubernetes
• Documentation for Google Cloud Kubernetes

Clean-up

TBD