go_gin_backend

The setup for go gin-gonic backend server

• Framework: gin-gonic
• Authentication: JWT
• Database: PostgreSQL
• ORM: gorm
• Go Version: 1.16

Setup process

• Create an .env file in the root directory
• Add the following key and values
  • PORT=ANY_PORT_VALUE (Eg: 4000)
  • DB_CONFIG=POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING

command to start server

go run server.go

command to start server using docker-compose

docker-compose up

command to start server using docker-compose in detach mode

docker-compose up -d

Requirements to run PostgreSQL server:

• docker >= 17.12.0+
• docker-compose

Quick Start

• Go inside of root directory
• Run this command docker-compose -f docker-compose.postgres.yml up -d

Environments

This Compose file contains the following environment variables:

• POSTGRES_USER the default value is postgres
• POSTGRES_PASSWORD the default value is changeme
• PGADMIN_PORT the default value is 5050
• PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL the default value is pgadmin4@pgadmin.org
• PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD the default value is admin

Access to postgres:

• localhost:5432
• Username: postgres (as a default)
• Password: changeme (as a default)

Access to PgAdmin:

• URL: http://localhost:5050
• Username: pgadmin4@pgadmin.org (as a default)
• Password: admin (as a default)

Add a new server in PgAdmin:

• Host name/address postgres
• Port 5432
• Username as POSTGRES_USER, by default: postgres
• Password as POSTGRES_PASSWORD, by default changeme