Web app to facilitate roundless, headless Delphi-style discussions
You'll first need to install node.js and browserify, then fetch dependencies using npm install.
To run locally:
make run
Then browse to https://localhost:8000/. Right now that URL doesn't do anything but in the future it could be a landing page (see adding discussions below).
In order to do much of anything, you'll need to set up at least one moderator, and use that moderator to set up at least one discussion.
To recognize moderators, we use secrets stored in an Azure Key Vault. To set up a vault, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/secrets/quick-create-node. Put the vault name in the environment variable KEY_VAULT_NAME before starting the server: e.g.,
export KEY_VAULT_NAME=[name]
make run
Once the vault is available, we want to add one secret per moderator. Name the secret moderator-[handle], where [handle] is the handle that the moderator will use to log in. (All moderators must have separate handles.)
Now when we load the app, we can check the box "update moderator credentials" and paste the matching secret into the resulting text box. We only have to do this once for each browser (unless we later clear the credentials).
Right now there is just a single default discussion, accessed through http://localhost:8000/?d=5X324. In future versions moderators will be able to add new discussions.
The app is set up to be served from Azure, though other service providers would presumably have similar requirements.
Before the first run, make sure the app has access to the key vault: in the Azure portal for the key vault, under "access management", select "add role assignments", and grant the app read access to the secrets. Then, set the variable KEY_VAULT_NAME in the app's environment on the server.
For each time we deploy, create the zip archive for deployment:
make zip
This will create the file deploy.zip, which we upload to the server: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/azure/app-service/quickstart-nodejs?pivots=platform-linux#deploy-to-azure.
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