lantern-config-api

NodeJS backend for lantern-config.

Installation

Create a directory on the Pi using mkdir /home/pi/lantern-config-api

Copy the contents of this repo to the folder you just created scp -r * pi@<IP_OF_YOUR_PI>:/home/pi/lanternconfig-api

Install the dependencies:

• log in to the Pi
• cd to the lantern-config-api folder and run npm install.

Npm will now install all the dependencies for you.

Run as a service

To run a NodeJS application in the background on the Raspberry Pi you can use pm2. Install using

npm install pm2 -g

or

apt update && apt install sudo curl && curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Unitech/pm2/master/packager/setup.deb.sh | sudo -E bash -

Then add the server with

pm2 start /home/pi/lantern-config-api/server/index.js

pm2 adds a service with 'index' as the name. To restart the service (after you made changes for example) execute

pm2 restart index

If you want to automaticly start the service while starting the pi, add this line to a startup file i.e:

pm2 startup

Add local proxy

To be able to use the API with the lantern-config front-end, add a proxy to nginx. Open the /etc/nginx/sites-available/default and add the following code within the server directive:

location /api/ {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:3001/api/
}

All requests to /api will now be directed to the API.