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wlchs/blog
Lightweight blog engine implemented in Go
How to run
Follow the guide to deploy your very own blog engine!
Prerequisites
For a successful deployment, you need Docker. You can use Docker Desktop or Colima if you prefer a command-line-only solution.
Configuration
To customize the blog engine, you must edit the configuration files. These contain, among other essential settings, the primary user's name. The configuration files are at build/env. Do NOT upload these files to your version control.
I highly recommend you change the highlighted properties.
core.env:
- JWT_SIGNING_KEY: This should be a strong password used for signing authentication tokens.
- GIN_MODE: Leave in on "RELEASE" unless you know what you're doing.
- DEFAULT_USER: Name of the primary user. Change this to your name.
- DEFAULT_PASSWORD: Primary user's password.
shared.env:
- MYSQL_USER: Database username. There is no need to change if you use the preconfigured MySQL docker container.
- MYSQL_PASSWORD: Database password. There is no need to change if you use the preconfigured MySQL docker container.
- MYSQL_DATABASE: Database schema. There is no need to change if you use the preconfigured MySQL docker container.
- MYSQL_HOST: Database hostname. Change this if you use your database instead of the one in the docker container.
- MYSQL_PORT: Database port. Change this if you use your database instead of the one in the docker container.
db.env:
- MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: Database root password. There is no need to provide it if you use your database.
Deployment
After successfully customizing your configuration files, there is only one more step: deployment.
docker compose build
docker compose up
For contribution and development
There are a few differences if you'd like to run the blog engine in developer mode to test it or contribute.
First, you need a database. You can deploy a MySQL database in a Docker container like in a "real" release. Just make sure you remember the username and the password.
Then, you must set your machine's environment variables as in the configs above. I recommend using a tool such as direnv. In this case, you can set the variables the following way:
export JWT_SIGNING_KEY=SuperSecret
export MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
export MYSQL_USER=blog_admin
export MYSQL_PASSWORD=password
export MYSQL_DATABASE=blog
export MYSQL_HOST=localhost
export MYSQL_PORT=3306
export PORT=8080
export DEFAULT_USER=TestUser
export DEFAULT_PASSWORD=Test1234
Of course, you should change the values to match the ones you have used for the database deployment.
Last but not least, you have to install Go. If you are using macOS and have Homebrew installed, you can install Go by running the following command:
brew install go
Now that everything is ready, you can navigate to cmd/blog and run the following command:
go run .
Happy coding!
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