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Local Development

Install

First, Install docker with docker-compose.

Then, clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop.git
    cd snapdrop
    docker-compose up -d

To restart the containers run docker-compose restart. To stop the containers run docker-compose stop.

Now point your browser to http://localhost:8080.

Testing PWA related features

PWAs require that the app is served under a correctly set up and trusted TLS endpoint.

The nginx container creates a CA certificate and a website certificate for you. To correctly set the common name of the certificate, you need to change the FQDN environment variable in docker/fqdn.env to the fully qualified domain name of your workstation.

If you want to test PWA features, you need to trust the CA of the certificate for your local deployment. For your convenience, you can download the crt file from http://<Your FQDN>:8080/ca.crt. Install that certificate to the trust store of your operating system.

  • On Windows, make sure to install it to the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store.
  • On MacOS, double click the installed CA certificate in Keychain Access, expand Trust, and select Always Trust for SSL.
  • Firefox uses its own trust store. To install the CA, point Firefox at http://<Your FQDN>:8080/ca.crt. When prompted, select Trust this CA to identify websites and click OK.
  • When using Chrome, you need to restart Chrome so it reloads the trust store (chrome://restart). Additionally, after installing a new cert, you need to clear the Storage (DevTools -> Application -> Clear storage -> Clear site data).

Please note that the certificates (CA and webserver cert) expire after a day. Also, whenever you restart the nginx docker, container new certificates are created.

The site is served on https://<Your FQDN>:443.    

Deployment Notes

The client expects the server at http(s)://your.domain/server.

When serving the node server behind a proxy, the X-Forwarded-For header has to be set by the proxy. Otherwise, all clients that are served by the proxy will be mutually visible.

By default, the server listens on port 3000.

For an nginx configuration example, see docker/nginx/default.conf.

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