Running the application on the development machine

Follow these steps to download the source code from GitHub and configure it to work on your development machine:

1. Clone the repository in your development space:

$ git clone https://github.com/legorie/gcpcookbook.git 

2. Navigate to the directory where the mysite application is stored:

$ cd gcpcookbook/Chapter01/mysite

3. With your favorite editor, create a filename .env in the mysite folder:

COOKIE_SECRET=d44d5c45e7f8149aabc068244 
MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost/mysite 

4. Install all the packages required for the application to work:

$ npm install 

5. Start the mongod service in your development machine
6. Run the application:

$ node keystone.js 

7. You'll see the following message logged on the Terminal:

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Applying update 0.0.1-admins...

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mySite: Successfully applied update 0.0.1-admins. 

Successfully created:

* 1 User


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Successfully applied 1 update.
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KeystoneJS Started:
mySite is ready on port 3000
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8. The application is now available on http://localhost:3000, as shown:

9.  You can stop the local server by pressing Ctrl + C.