paddock

Up and Running development environment built with parse-server and docker.

TL;DR

Install Docker and run docker-compose, wait for some magic to happen (requires internet) and check 0.0.0.0:8080.

Spoiler Alert: the demo is at paddock.tech.

• Install
• Start
  • Use the paddock UI
  • Use the parse-server API
  • Access to MongoDB
  • Configuration
    • Mailgun (email verification)
    • Twitter (social login)
  • Features
    • Email verification
    • Oauth login (Twitter)
    • ACL
    • Cloud code
• Deploy
  • Docker Cloud
  • HYPER_
  • now
  • Demo
• FAQ
• Miscellaneous
  • Other useful docker-compose commands

Install

To get started with paddock you're only going to need Docker installed:

• Install 'Docker for Mac', 'Docker for Windows' or 'Docker for Linux'

• Run Docker

Start

In order to start the parse-server with Docker open your terminal and run docker-compose:

# Create and start containers (get easy access to the logs)
docker-compose up

# or create and start containers in Detached mode (`-d` runs containers in the background)
docker-compose up -d

This command is going to download two images: alpine-node and alpine-mongo, and it's going to start three Docker containers (Front-end, Back-end and Database).

Node.js containers will start with the $NODE_ENV environment variables set in .env and server/.env.

npm install in Node.js containers will be automatically executed from the prestart scripts. Wait for the installs to finish and you'll be ready to go.

Use the paddock UI

Open http://0.0.0.0:8080/

Use the parse-server API

Excerpt from parse-server

Saving your first object (POST)

curl -X POST \
  -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: APPLICATION_ID" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"score":1337,"playerName":"Sean Plott","cheatMode":false}' \
  http://localhost:1337/parse/classes/GameScore

Retrieving your collection (GET)

$ curl -X GET \
  -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: APPLICATION_ID" \
  http://localhost:1337/parse/classes/GameScore

Access to MongoDB

Need a GUI? Check Robomongo

Configuration

paddock comes bundled with some of the main features from parse-server. By default we enabled oauth login (with Twitter, so far) in server/config/parse.js. Email verification is optional. Both these features need API keys (if you want to keep them).

Mailgun (email verification)

Getting started with Mailgun is free and takes 57 seconds. http://www.mailgun.com/

(Walkthrough TBD)

Twitter (social login)

Sign in with your Twitter Account to create and maintain Twitter Apps. https://apps.twitter.com/

(Walkthrough TBD)

Features

Email verification

(TBD)

Oauth login (Twitter)

(TBD)

ACL

(TBD)

Cloud code

(TBD)

Deploy

Current deploy strategy is based onto a Dockerfile: Dockerfile.deploy.

Docker Cloud

paddock itself is built and deployed with Docker Cloud, based onto the Dockerfile.deploy configuration.

HYPER_

https://www.hyper.sh/

hyper compose up --file=hyper-deploy.yml -d

(TBD)

now

(TBD) https://now.sh

Demo

You can check the demo at paddock.tech

FAQ

• Is this production ready?

No

Miscellaneous

Other useful docker-compose commands

# List containers
docker-compose ps

# View output from containers
docker-compose logs

# Stop and remove containers, networks, images, and volumes
docker-compose down

# Build or rebuild services
docker-compose build