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Getting Started Developer

Rahat is a web-based application with node-js as backend and uses truffle as a tool to compile. It uses MongoDB as a database for regular non-blockchain data persistence and solidity smart contract to execute transactions on Ethereum blockchain.

Pre-requisite

To run Rahat in your system please make sure you have the following app and libraries installed.

  • Node-js --version == 10.18.1
  • Yarn --version == 1.21.1
  • MongoDB --version >= 4.2.8
  • Truffle --version == 5.1.22

Installing Rahat Server

To set up this software on your machine locally:

  1. Clone this repository https://github.com/esatya/rahat
  2. Create a folder named ‘config’ on the root of this repository and add a local.json file. Add the configuration below.
{
    "app": {
        "port": 3800,
        "secret": "{32 characters}",
        "url": "{url of your site: http://localhost:3800}",
        "db": "mongodb://localhost:27017/rahat",
        "cors": [
            "*"
        ]
    },
    "jwt": {
        "duration": 3600000,
        "duration_long": 604800000
    },
    "services": {},
    "blockchain": {
        "httpProvider": "http://localhost:8545",
        "webSocketProvider": "ws://localhost:8545",
        "networkId": "5777"
    }
}

If you are trying this in your local machine, please install Ganache

  1. Install required dependencies and compile smart contracts yarn setup

  2. Start the server yarn start

  3. Now, in your browser go to http://localhost:3800/documentation to see API endpoints that are available.

Installing Rahat Agency Dashboard

  1. Clone this repository https://github.com/esatya/rahat-agency

  2. Update .env file to add URL of your Rahat server REACT_APP_API_SERVER=http://localhost:3800

  3. Install required dependencies and compile smart contracts `yarn install

  4. Start the server yarn start

  5. Now, in your browser go to http://localhost:3000 and follow the setup instructions on screen.

Last updated: 11/15/2021