The backend was built with Strapi, an open source headless CMS. This configureation requires have a database setup that the backend can connect to and load all the tables.
Update Environment Variables
Rename .env.example to .env
ADMIN_JWT_SECRET=
STRAPI_URL=
EMAIL_FROM=
MAIL_TRAP_USER=
MAIL_TRAP_USER_PASS_WORD=
DATABASE_HOST=
DATABASE_NAME=
DATABASE_USERNAME=
DATABASE_PASSWORD=
DATABASE_PORT=
Update variables to you own credentials
Install Dependencies
yarn
Launch Strapi
yarn develop
Stapi will launch in your web browser with a registration form to create your admin account
Once you have logged into strapi go to “Settings” on the left navigation bar.
Under “USERS & PERMISSIONS PLUGIN” select “Roles”
By default there are two roles:
- Authenticated
- Public
Under “Authenticated” for “Permissions” in the “APPLICATION” section, select each table and mark all the checkboxes.
- CONTACT-LIST
- EMAIL-LOGS
- EMAIL-SCHEDULES
- EMAIL-TEMPLATES
- EMP
- EMPLOYEES
- SLACK-SCHEDULES
- TAGS
- EMPLOYEE-META-FIELDS
- EMPLOYEE-META-DATA
Under “Authenticated” for “Permissions” in the “UPLOAD” section ensure the “Upload” checkbox is selected
Under “Authenticated” for “Permissions” in the “ USER-PERMISSIONS” section ensure the following are checked
AUTH
- callback
- connect
- emailconfirmation
- forgotpassword
- register
- resetpassword
USER
- me
Under “Public” for “Permissions” in the “APPLICATION” section, check the following boxes:
CONTACT-LIST
- find
- findone
EMAIL-SCHEDULES
- find
- findone
- update
SLACK-SCHEDULES
- find
- findone
- update
EMAIL-LOGS
- create
- find
- findone
- update
EMAIL-TEMPLATES
- findone
EMP
- index
EMPLOYEES
- find
- findone
Ensure that your frontend URL and Cron URLs are added to your CORS safe list for your production and development environments
- /config/env/development/middleware.js
- /config/env/production/middleware.js