GoTo - a simple URL redirector

Introduction

A minimalistic application built using NodeJS and React, to allow managing personal bookmarks.

Getting Started

steps:

1. Install Docker (if you don't have it already)
2. Create GoTo deployment folder e.g. mkdir goto
3. cd into goto
4. Create a file named: production.env
   1. Add PORT=8000
   2. Add DB_PATH=./db.sqlite
   3. Save the file
5. Run echo "" > db.sqlite to create an empty file
6. Run docker container create --name goto -p 8000:8000 -v ${PWD}/production.env:/app/production.env -v ${PWD}/db.sqlite:/app/db.sqlite mandaarp/goto
7. Create NGINX deployment folder e.g. mkdir nginx
8. cd into nginx
9. Save following content as nginx.conf

    events { }
    http {
      server {
           listen 80;
           server_name goto;
           location / {
               proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
               proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
               proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
               proxy_pass http://<your_ip_address>:8000/;
               proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;
               proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
               proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
               proxy_redirect off;
            }
            location /robots.txt {
               alias /var/www/robots.txt;
            }
       }
    }
   

10. Update <your_ip_address> field in nginx.conf to your system's IP address e.g. 192.168.1.11.
11. Run docker container create --name nginx -p 80:80 -v ${PWD}/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro nginx
12. Add following line to your /etc/hosts(Mac and Linux) or C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file:

    127.0.0.1 goto
    

13. Start NGINX using docker container start nginx
14. Start GoTo using docker container start goto
15. Open your favorite browser and navigate to: http://goto/