README.md

MIRCS Express.js Server

Running the server locally

npm install
npm start

# to see more debug output set the DEBUG flag:
DEBUG=true npm start

MongoDB

To install MongoDB on Mac and have it run as a background service:

brew install mongodb
brew services start mongodb

or on Linux:

sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
sudo service mongod start

Note that the service will restart when you log in. To quit the service:

brew services stop mongodb

or on Linux:

sudo service mongod stop

User management

For the time being, a signed in user has full control of the system. Users are not created in the app. Instead we create them with a script which has access to the database. In time this will change, of course.

Create a user

node bin/create-user.js [email] [password]

Change a user's password

node bin/update-password.js [email] [password]