Backend Service for Angular Dashboard App

Description

This is the backend service for an Angular-based dashboard application. The backend is responsible for serving API endpoints and handling data processing tasks for the frontend. To see the frontend repository, click here.

Features

• RESTful API endpoints
• Data processing
• Integration with Frontend

Prerequisites

• Node.js and npm
• Docker (for local development)

Getting Started

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-backend-app.git
cd your-backend-app

Install Dependencies

npm install

Run Locally

npm start

The backend service will start and listen for incoming requests on the specified port.

Local Development with Docker

1. Navigate to the Location of Dockerfile: Navigate to the folder where the backend Dockerfile is located.

2. Build and Tag the Images: Build the Docker image for the backend locally, which will package your application along with all its dependencies.

   docker build -t backend-image:latest .

3. Run the Docker Container Locally: After the image is built, run it as a container locally. Replace :latest with your preferred tag if needed.

   docker run -p 8081:8081 backend-image:latest

   This will run the backend service on http://localhost:8081.

Automated Deployment on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Prerequisites

• Google Cloud SDK
• GCP account with App Engine enabled

Steps

1. Authenticate with Google Cloud: Run gcloud auth login.
2. Navigate to your project's App Engine Dashboard in the GCP Console.
3. Set up a Cloud Build trigger pointing to your GitHub repository.
4. Configure the build to deploy to App Engine upon a successful build.

Contributing

Feel free to fork the repository and make changes. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

License

This project is open-sourced under the MIT License. See the LICENSE.md file for details.

Author

• Alora Greer