cppscrolls__server 🌟

A platform where you can solve problems in C++, as well as create your own.

Deployment Guide 🔈

All work will be done on arch linux.

1. Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/ZERDICORP/cppscrolls__server.git

2. Check dependencies

$ java --version
openjdk version "17.0.3" 2022-04-19
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 17.0.3+3)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.3+3, mixed mode)
$ jar --version
jar 17.0.3
$ docker --version
Docker version 20.10.13, build a224086349
$ nginx -version
nginx version: nginx/1.20.2
$ mariadb --version
mariadb  Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.7.3-MariaDB, for Linux (x86_64) using readline 5.1

3. Application configuration setting

Replace all values between <>.

$ cd /path/to/cppscrolls__server/src
$ vi resources/app.cfg
PORT=8080

API_PREFIX=/api
SECRET=<server secret key (needed for token system)>

IMAGES_FOLDER_PATH=images/
SOLUTIONS_FOLDER_PATH=solutions/

EMAIL_SENDER=<email that will send messages to users>
EMAIL_SENDER_PASSWORD=<email password>

DATABASE_USER=<database user>
DATABASE_PASSWORD=<database user password>
SQL_DRIVER=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
SQL_CONNECTION_STRING=jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/<database name>?autoReconnect=true

DOCKER_RUN_COMMAND=docker run --rm --volume ?:/workspace/main.cpp solution

4. Nginx configuration setting

Replace <user> with your linux user.
Replace /path/to/images/ with /path/to/cppscrolls__server/build/images/.

$ sudo vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
user <user>;

worker_processes 1;

events {
  worker_connections 1024;
}

http {
  include mime.types;

  default_type application/octet-stream;
  sendfile on;
  keepalive_timeout 65;

  server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;

    location /images/ {
      index default.jpg;
      alias /path/to/images/;
    }

    location /api/ {
      proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
    }
  }
}

5. Creating a docker image

$ cd resources/docker/ && docker build -t solution . && cd ../../

6. MySQL setup

$ mysql -u root -p
MariaDB> create database cppscrolls;
MariaDB> exit;
$ mysql -u root -p cppscrolls < resources/mysql/cppscrolls.sql

7. Server start

$ ./build && cd ../build/ && ./run

~ 8. Delete everything except build folder

$ rm -rf /path/to/cppscrolls__server/{,.[!.],..?}!(build)