Express Mongo JWT Boilerplate

Installation

• Install NodeJS, MongoDB
• Install npm or yarn
• Rename .env.example to .env
• Fulfill .env data
• Start MongoDB
• Run yarn run dev or npm run dev
• Check http://localhost:3000/api/status to see it works

With Docker

• Make sure you have installed Docker and Docker Compose
• Just run docker-compose up to start the server

Configuration

Name	Description	Example
NODE_ENV	Environment for node js	"dev", "prod", "test"
APP	Name of the application	My cool express app
PORT	Port to run the application (if you run in heroku this will setup automatically)	3000
HOSTNAME	Host name for running the application	http://localhost:3000
APP_SECRET	Secret for running app. Use a strong hash in production and make sure to rotate it	ddd36434-80fe-4f18-b3b6-e645697f7b84
MONGOURI	MongoDB connection URI	mongodb://localhost:27017/yourapp
MONGOTESTURI	MongoDB connection URI for testing	mongodb://localhost:27017/test-app
TRANSPORTER_HOST	Mail server host	smtp.mymailer.com
TRANSPORTER_PORT	Mail server port	2525
TRANSPORTER_USERNAME	Mail server username	harrypotter
TRANSPORTER_PASSWORD	Mail server password	alohomora