Messaging Web App

A messaging web app using Websocket technology

Prerequisites

• Any server running a debian-like OS
• The ports 80 and 8080 must be open on your network.

Node modules

These node modules are already included in the project directory:

• mariadb
• uuid
• websocket

Install steps

For theses steps, we will assume that the git directory has already been cloned into the server.

1. Install nodeJS apt-get install nodejs
2. Install MariaDB apt-get install mariadb-server then mysql_secure_installation
3. Execute the sql script found in /server_resources/sql_scripts/db_creation.sql
4. Add a mariadb user and give him editing permissions on the created database. Here is a nice tutorial: https://tableplus.io/blog/2018/09/mariadb-how-to-create-new-user-and-grant-privileges.html
5. Add the db user auth infos in /server_resources/classes/databaseManager.js in the dbPool const. Put the password in /server_resources/private/credentials.js
6. Configure the websocket url in /client_resources/scripts/wsManager.js in the WEBSOCKET_URL constant.
7. Configure the /client_resources directory path in /server_resources/http_server/fs/filesmanager.js in the CLIENT_RESOURCES_PATH
8. To start the website you must start the two servers with node /server_resources/app_start.js