Manual Server Setup

Basic Dependency Stack

To fully launch the server, you need to start four basic services. Let’s do this locally:

sama-server - core API service.
sama-client - frontend Web application.
sama-push-daemon - push notifications service.
sama-push-queue-board - web dashboard to monitor push notifications service queue.

Deploying SAMA chat server stack: a comprehensive guide

sama-server

SAMA-Communications/sama-client - GitHub

Make sure you have Node 18 installed.

Clone the repo.

git clone git@github.com:SAMA-Communications/sama-server.git
cd sama-server

Create env file from the template.
Terminal window
```
cp .env.example .env
```
For run dependant services (MongoDB, Minio, Redis) run:
Terminal window
```
docker-compose up
```
Open http://localhost:9011/access-keys and login using MINIO_ROOT_USER and MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD from docker-compose.yml file. Create Access Keys and set MINIO_ACCESS_KEY and MINIO_SECRET_KEY in .env file.
Terminal window
```
npm install to install dependencies
```
Run DB migrations.
Terminal window
```
npm run migrate-mongo-up
```
Run server.
Terminal window
```
npm run start
```

sama-client

SAMA-Communications/sama-client - GitHub

Clone the repo.

git clone git@github.com:SAMA-Communications/sama-client.git
cd sama-client

Create env file from the template.
Terminal window
```
cp .env.example .env
```
Generate VAPID keys via
Terminal window
```
npx web-push generate-vapid-keys
```
And set Public Key to REACT_APP_PUBLIC_VAPID_KEY in .env file
Install dependencies.
Terminal window
```
npm install
```
Run server.
Terminal window
```
npm run start
```
access http://localhost:3000 in your browser

sama-push-deamon

SAMA-Communications/sama-push-daemon - GitHub

Clone the repo.

git clone git@github.com:SAMA-Communications/sama-push-deamon.git
cd sama-push-deamon

Create env file from the template.
Terminal window
```
cp .env.example .env
```
From the previous step when you generated VAPID keys, set Public Key to PUBLIC_VAPID_KEY and Private Key to PRIVATE_VAPID_KEY in .env file
Install dependencies.
Terminal window
```
npm install
```
Run server.
Terminal window
```
npm run start
```

sama-push-queue-board

SAMA-Communications/sama-push-queue-board - GitHub

Clone the repo.

git clone git@github.com:SAMA-Communications/sama-push-queue-board.git
cd sama-push-queue-board

Create env file from the template.
Terminal window
```
cp .env.example .env
```
Install dependencies.
Terminal window
```
npm install
```
Run server.
Terminal window
```
npm run start
```
Access http://localhost:3000/ui
Done.

Useful Link

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