Requirements

Make sure that you have the following installed:

• node
• npm
• MongoDB and start the mongodb service with sudo service mongod start

Navigate to the Client Folder

cd client

Run the folllowing command to install the dependencies

npm install

Run the folllowing to start the app

npm start

Open a new terminal and run the same commands in the backend folder

cd ../backend

npm install

npm start

Go ahead a nd add a product (note that the price field only takes a numeric input)

YOLOMY MERN STACK APPLICATION

This is a MERN stack application based on Mongo DB,Express,React and Nodejs.The application is an e-commerce website that doubles-up as a dashboard where you can load retail products on to the site.The client is built with React while the backend is built with Express and Node.js.Database connection in the backend is handled by Mongo DB.

##Installation

To get the app up and running,I created dockerfiles on the backend and client.

I then created a docker compose to containerize and connect the backend and client.

##Usage Ensure you have mongoDB and node installed.

Fork and clone the repository.

Run docker compose up to start the application.

To view client application,type:localhost:3000.

To stop the application,run Docker compose down.

##Test

Test out the functionality by adding a product through the provided form to test out "Add product" functionality.

##Deploy

Create and configure deployment.yml files.

Create and configure service.yml files.

Create and configure ingress.yml file to expose the services within the cluster.

Deploy the application on Google Kubernetes engine.

Link: 35.226.62.225/