/VideoConferencing

A video conferencing system based on AWS Chime

Primary LanguageTypeScript

Syscon

Deployment

Note: For subdomain (backend.syscon.io) create A recrod in r53 for www.backend.syscon.io and a alias of A record for backend.syscon.io

Server (Apache 2)

  • Install apache2 by running sudo apt install apache2
  • Start server by running sudo systemctl start apache2
  • Getting LetsEncrypt certificate using certbot (help)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
sudo apt-get update 

###!--- Stop apache to run the following commands

sudo apt-get install certbot python-certbot-apache
certbot certonly --standalone -d syscon.com -d backend.syscon.com
  • Create seperate directory for frontend mkdir -p /var/www/syscon/public_html
  • Create separate directory for backend directory too, it wont be used however, why? idk just do it mkdir -p /var/www/syscon-backend/public_html
  • Set folder permissions chmod -R 755 /var/www
  • Copy the default configuration file for each site, this will also ensure that you always have a default copy for future site creation. cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/syscon.conf
  • Paste the following code inside the syscon.conf file. You may have to change according to the needs.
<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerAdmin contact@syscon.io
	DocumentRoot /var/www/syscon/public_html
        ServerName syscon.io
	ServerAlias www.syscon.io

	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

	<Directory /var/www/syscon/public_html>
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride All
		Require all granted
	</Directory>

</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:443>
	SSLEngine On
	SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/syscon.io/cert.pem
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/syscon.io/privkey.pem

	ServerAdmin admin@syscon.io
	ServerName syscon.io
	ServerAlias www.syscon.io
	DocumentRoot /var/www/syscon/public_html/
	
	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

	<Directory /var/www/syscon/public_html>
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride All
		Require all granted
	</Directory>

</VirtualHost>





<VirtualHost *:80>
 	ServerName backend.syscon.io
	ServerAlias www.backend.syscon.io
 	ServerAdmin contact@backend.syscon.io

 	DocumentRoot /var/www/syscon-backend/public_html/

	<Directory /var/www/syscon-backend/public_html>
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		allow from all
	</Directory>

	ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/subdomain.example.com.error.log
	CustomLog /var/log/apache2/subdomain.example.com.access.log combined

	ProxyPreserveHost On
	ProxyRequests Off
	ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8080/
	ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8080/

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
	SSLEngine On
	SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/backend.syscon.io/cert.pem
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/backend.syscon.io/privkey.pem

	ServerAdmin admin@backend.syscon.io
	ServerName backend.syscon.io
	ServerAlias www.backend.syscon.io
	DocumentRoot /var/www/syscon-backend/public_html/
	
	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

	ProxyPreserveHost On
	ProxyRequests Off
	ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8080/ retry=1 acquire=3000 timeout=600 Keepalive=On
	ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8080/ 
</VirtualHost>
  • Enable apache modules
sudo a2enmod ssl
sudo a2ensite syscon.conf
sudo a2enmod proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_http
sudo a2enmod rewrite
  • Reload apache server by running sudo systemctl reload apache2

Frontend

  • Place the distribution inside server directory that is being served
  • Make sure the connection is established over HTTPS (Apache or Nginx config)
  • Before producing any build, make sure the url for backend is updated in services present inside src/app/services directory

Backend

  • Clone the repo
  • Run npm install to install dependencies
  • Use HTTP in var protocol = 'http'; inside bin/www
  • Make sure tmux is installed to keep server alive after closing ssh session to with server. Start tmux by running tmux or join a session by running tmux attach -t <session_id>
  • Use npm start ./bin/www or node start ./bin/www to start the server
  • To de-attach from tmux, press ctrl+b d

Useful Links

Following tutorials were used when deploying for the first time