Setup

Clone this Repository

$ git clone https://github.com/skill-mind/FortiChain-Server
$ cd FortiChain-Server

Installing Rust and Cargo

Install Rust as described in The Rust Programming Language, chapter 1.

This is the official Rust language manual and is freely available on doc.rust-lang.org.

The latest stable version is fine.

Installing sqlx-cli

SQLx provides a command-line tool for creating and managing databases as well as migrations. It is published on the Cargo crates registry as sqlx-cli and can be installed like so:

$ cargo install sqlx-cli --features postgres,rustls --no-default-features --locked

Running Postgres

By far the easiest way to run Postgres these days is using a container with a pre-built image.

The following command will start version 17 of Postgres (the latest at time of writing) using Docker (this command should also work with Podman, a daemonless FOSS alternative).

$ docker run -d --name postgres-17 -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD={password} postgres:17

Set {password} to a password of your choosing.

Ensure the Postgres server is running:

$ docker ps

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS          PORTS                                       NAMES
621eb8962016   postgres:17          "docker-entrypoint.s…"   30 seconds ago   Up 30 seconds   0.0.0.0:5432->5432/tcp, :::5432->5432/tcp   postgres-17

Configuring the Application

Configuring the backend application is done, preferentially, via environment variables. This is the easiest way to pass sensitive configuration data like database credentials and HMAC keys in a deployment environment such as Kubernetes secrets.

To make working with environment variables easier during development, we can use .env files to avoid having to define the variables every time.

As a starting point, you can simply cp .env.sample .env in this repo and modify the .env file as described by the comments there.

Setting Up the Application Database

With sqlx-cli installed and your .env file set up, you only need to run the following command to get the Postgres database ready for use:

$ sqlx db setup

Starting the Application

With everything else set up, all you should have to do at this point is:

$ cargo run

If successful, the FortiChain Server is now listening at port 8080.