Server
In this directory is the express-server located located.
On start index.js sets up the server.
The server connects to a CouchDB or PouchDB-Server instance. And uses it for account and session management.
Server needs the env-variable
COUCH_URL set to the URL of your CouchDB.
It defaults to http://localhost:5984 (standard CouchDB and PouchDB-Server port).
Files
| File | Description |
|---|---|
index.js |
Is the entry file for the server. It configures and starts the server. |
db.js |
Setup and common functions for the databases. |
account.js |
API for accounts. Creating, updating, deleting, login, password reset. |
login.js |
Handles the grid-login process. |
gridSession.js |
Utility function to store and validate active grid sessions. |
bridge.js |
Is the UDP-bridge between client and sim. The client connects with a Web-Socket to it. |
httpProxy.js |
A proxy for all HTTP-requests from the client to a grid. |
Development
npm run dev loads the server-components into the create-react-app-dev-server. Read more in src/setupProxy.js.
When developing the server, run npm run dev-server. It is a variant of npm run dev, that proxies API-requests to a separate running server.
Then also run the server in development with npm run start-server-dev.
PouchDB-Server
PouchDB-Server is accessible under http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils.
If you want to use CouchDB, then all scripts must get run separately:
npm run dev:appfor building the client.- If you need a separate server, then
cross-env SERVER=debug npm run dev:app.
- If you need a separate server, then
npm run dev:stylefor building TailwindCSS.npm run start-server-devfor the server.