Installation

1. Install PostgreSQL 9.4.x

2. Install Go 1.4.x, git, setup $GOPATH, and PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

3. Create PostgreSQL database.

   cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/topher200/forty-thieves
   go get github.com/rnubel/pgmgr
   make create-db
   

4. Run the PostgreSQL migration.

   make migrate-db
   

5. Run the server

   cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/topher200/forty-thieves
   go run main.go
   

Environment Variables for Configuration

• HTTP_ADDR: The host and port. Default: ":8888"

• HTTP_CERT_FILE: Path to cert file. Default: ""

• HTTP_KEY_FILE: Path to key file. Default: ""

• HTTP_DRAIN_INTERVAL: How long application will wait to drain old requests before restarting. Default: "1s"

• DSN: RDBMS database path. Default: postgres://$(whoami)@localhost:5432/forty-thieves?sslmode=disable

• COOKIE_SECRET: Cookie secret for session. Default: Auto generated.

Running Migrations

Migration is handled by a separate project: github.com/rnubel/pgmgr.

Here's a quick tutorial on how to use it. For more details, read the tutorial here.

# Installing the library
go get github.com/rnubel/pgmgr

# Create a new migration file
pgmgr migration {filename}

# Migrate all the way up
pgmgr db migrate

# Reset to the latest dump
pgmgr db drop
pgmgr db create
pgmgr db load

# Roll back the most recently applied migration, then run it again.
pgmgr db rollback
pgmgr db migrate

# Show the latest migration version
pgmgr db version

Vendoring Dependencies

Vendoring is handled by a separate project: github.com/tools/godep.

Here's a quick tutorial on how to use it. For more details, read the readme here.

# Save all your dependencies after running go get ./...
godep save ./...

# Building with godep
godep go build

# Running tests with godep
godep go test ./...