server

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Server

This is the game server.

Dependencies

• Go (1.16.x)
• Postgres (13.x)
• Redis (6.x)

Environment Variables

Env vars will be loaded from the .env file if present. Env vars loaded from the .env file will never overwite existing variables.

• ENV set this to production when deploying.
• DB_HOST this is the IP address of the PostgreSQL database.
• DB_USER this is the username used to connect to PostgreSQL.
• DB_PASS this is the password used to connect to PostgreSQL.
• REDIS_HOST this is the IP address of the Redis server.

Run with Docker

The server can be run in a Docker container. The container will need access to a Redis and Postgres server, the addresses can be set by using a .env file and passing it to the docker run command.

1. Build image - docker build -t server .
2. Run container - docker run -itd --env-file .env --restart always --name server -p 3000:3000 server

Command Line Arguments

• -e - this will prevent the .env file from being loaded.