This repository contains the code for http://brained.io.

Installation

1. Install node/npm from http://nodejs.org/.

2. Install mongodb from http://mongodb.org/. Start it locally.

3. Install bower:

     sudo npm install -g bower

   (Skip "sudo" if using Windows.)

4. Clone this repository:

     git clone git@github.com:Verold/brained.io.git
     cd brained.io

5. Run bower install.

6. Run npm install.

Starting the Server

The server can be run with node server/app.js, but requires a number of environment variables to be set. They can either be set using an export command or by prefixing node invocation using the following format:

  VARIABLE1=value1 VARIABLE2=value2 node server/app.js

The following variables must be set in all environments:

• NODE_ENV: The environment, either "local" or "production".
• AWS_S3_BUCKET: The name of the AWS S3 bucket to use for uploads.
• AWS_ACCESS_KEY: AWS access key.
• AWS_SECRET_KEY: AWS secret key.
• FACEBOOK_CLIENT_SECRET: Client secret for Facebook authentication.†
• GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET: Client secret for Google authentication.†

† You can disable Facebook or Google authentication in config/local.json.

Additionally, the following environment variables need to be set in the production environment:

• PORT: Port number, e.g., '3000'.
• DATABASE_PASSWORD: The password for the database.
• TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET: Client secret for Twitter authentication.
• COOKIE_SECRET: the secret for generating cookies.

The following environment variables are optional:

• LOG_LEVEL: One of: 'error', 'info', 'verbose', 'debug'.

Deploying to Heroku

Deploying to Heroku is a matter of pushing to your Heroku remote. Make sure to set all the necessary environment variables using Heroku's admin interface.

Additional Resources

Brained.io is implemented as a Koast app. See https://github.com/rangle/koast for more information on how to configure and run Koast.

Contributors

• Varun Vachhar (winkerVsBecks), rangle.io
• Simon Ramsey, rangle.io
• Sumit Arora (sumitarora), rangle.io
• Yuri Takhteyev (yuri), rangle.io