Features

• With this starter project, you can jump straight to writing your business logic.
• Mongo is setup and configured to work with loopback already.
• With docker, deploying is as simple as running docker-compose up
• Reset password mixin is already baked-in.
  • You only provide minimal configuration to get it going.

FAQ

• Why was this project created?
  • To provide a quick way to experiment with loopback and mongo together.
• Why use docker?
  • Its not just docker but rather docker-compose alongside it that gives a quick way to bring servers up and get going.
• Are there other such projects?
  • Sure, searching on GitHub with loopback mongo filename:docker-compose.yml, yields close to 6 results when this line in the README was last edited.
• How can I access loopback once its running?
  • Open your browser to http://localhost:3000/explorer and play around.
• How can I access mongo once its running?
  • Use mongo shell or RoboMongo or MongoChef or any client you best see fit .. to connect to mongodb://localhost:3001/loopback-mongo-sandbox from your host machine.
• Why is loopback published on its default port 3000 but mongo is published to a non-default port 3001?
  • Background: Loopback refers to mongo via the url mongodb://mongo:27017/loopback-mongo-sandbox which leverages the mapping created by docker-compose for the mongo service.
  • Answer: If mongo was published on its default port then mongodb://localhost:27017/loopback-mongo-sandbox would also start working as a valid URL within datasources.json and users wouldn't notice a difference. I wanted to discourage that and bring attention to the benefits of referencing a service by name. You won't live on localhost forever, as your code will reach the world one day!

Deploy

Choose one:

1. Deploy on remote machine with Docker while editing locally

2. Deploy Locally

   cd ~/dev
   git clone https://github.com/ShoppinPal/loopback-mongo-sandbox.git
   cd ~/dev/loopback-mongo-sandbox
   docker-compose run builder npm install
   docker-compose up