Admin Backend

Description

This is a NestJS-based backend application for the Bitshala platform.

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Node.js (v20 or higher)
• npm

Running the Application

Install dependencies:

npm install

Configuration

Ensure the config/dev.config.yaml file is properly configured for your environment.

An example configuration is provided in config/dev.config.example.yaml. You can copy this file to config/dev.config.yaml and modify it as needed.

Update the docker-compose.yml file if necessary.

Start the application

1. Start the database using Docker: docker compose up -d
2. Export environment variables: export DB_POSTGRES_DATABASE_NAME=bitshala;DB_POSTGRES_HOST=localhost;DB_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password;DB_POSTGRES_PORT=5432;DB_POSTGRES_USERNAME=root
3. Run the database migrations: npm run typeorm:migration:run
4. Start the application in development mode: npm run start:dev

Stop the application

1. Stop the application: Ctrl + C
2. Stop the database: docker compose down
3. Remove Docker volumes (if needed): docker compose down -v

Useful Commands

• Run migrations: npm run typeorm:migration:run
• Revert migrations: npm run typeorm:migration:revert
• Generate a new migration: npm run typeorm:migration:generate