Predix Development Kit - NodeJs Starter Application

This is simple starter Node application that demonstrates user authentication with Predix UAA, and integration with microservices.

Running locally

Edit the config.json to run the application locally for your UAA client.

Sample :

"development":{
  "clientId": "${clientId}",
  "uaaUri" : "${UAA URL}",
  "base64ClientCredential": "${base 64 encoding of clientId:secret}",
  "appUrl": "http://localhost:3000",
  "assetZoneId": "${asset zone id for Asset service instantiated}",
  "tagname": "${tag name list to query. Separated by comma}",
  "assetURL": "${The asset url to query the tags from. https://<assetURI>/<assetType>}",
  "timeseries_zone": "${timeseries zone id for Timeseries service instantiated}",
  "timeseriesURL": "${Timeseries to query for data. <TimeseriesURI>/v1/datapoints}",
  "uaaURL": "${The UAA URI. <UaaURI>/predix.io",
}

Note: You can encode your clientId:secret combination using https://www.base64encode.org/ or the base64 command on Unix / Mac OSX.

echo -n clientId:clientSecret | base64

Install and start local web server

npm install
node app.js or npm start

Navigate to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.

Debugging

DEBUG=predix-boot-node-app:* npm start
DEBUG=express:* npm start

Run sample tests

A sample unit test is included, which you can run with npm: npm test

Running locally behind a corporate firewall

If you are behind a corporate firewall, make sure you have the http_proxy environment variable set in the same terminal window where you start the server.

Running in the cloud

Set up the manifest file for Cloud deployment

1. Copy manifest.yml.template to my-app-manifest.yml.
2. Edit the my-app-manifest.yml

---
applications:
- name: <front end app name>
  memory: 128M
  buildpack: nodejs_buildpack
  #command:  DEBUG=express:* node app.js
  command:  node app.js
services:
- <asset instance service name>
- <timeseries instance service name>
- <uaa instance service name>
env:
    node_env: cloud
    uaa_service_label : predix-uaa
    clientId: <client id with timeseries and asset scope>
    base64ClientCredential: <base64 encoding of client id>
    # Following properties configured only for Timeseries WindData service Integration
    assetMachine: <The asset name pushed to Asset service>
    tagname: <The asset tag pushed to Asset service>

3. predix push <appName> -f my-app-manifest.yml