Websocket chat backend

Websocket chat backend prototype written in PHP 7.1. Messages are received via a WebSocket and published to RabbitMQ. There are 3 AMQP consumers:

• Batch saving 100 messages to MongoDB
• Storing 100 latest messages in Redis for sending to new chat users
• Saving messages to a file log

Front-end application available here

Installation

The application requires docker and docker-compose. To start:

• Set up parameters in .env,
• composer instal
• docker-compose up -d
• From inside PHP container: /var/www/html/startup.sh

Technologies used

• PHP 7.1
• NginX
• MongoDB
• RabbitMQ
• Redis