Based on the tutorial by Robin Wieruch https://www.robinwieruch.de/graphql-apollo-server-tutorial

  1. Run: npm install If there are any installation issues, running: a. npm cache clean b. npm update c. npm install will usually resolve it.
  2. Create an environment variable called "SECRET", and set it's value to a securely generated secret key variable.
  3. Run: npm start