NTUAflix

This guide walks you through setting up and running the NTUAflix application using Docker and docker-compose, including a FastAPI backend, MariaDB database, and Nginx as a reverse proxy.

Team Members: Kokoromytis Georgios, Tsouknida Vasiliki, Jani Spyridon, Panou Konstantina, Papanikolaou Ariadni

Prerequisites

• Docker installed on your machine.
• Docker Compose installed on your machine.

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

   Firstly, clone this repository to your local machine using:

   git clone https://github.com/geokoko/Ntuaflix.git

2. Environment Variables

   Create a .env file in the root directory of the project. This file should contain the necessary environment variables:

   DB_HOST=db
   DB_NAME=mydatabase
   DB_USER=myuser
   DB_PASSWD=mypassword

   Adjust the values according to your preferences.

3. Generate the SSL Certificate and Key Create the following folder:

   mkdir -p nginx/certs

   Run the following command in your terminal to generate the SSL certificate (localhost.crt) and key (localhost.key). These commands create a certificate valid for 365 days:

   openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout nginx/certs/localhost.key -x509 -days 365 -out nginx/certs/localhost.crt

4. Nginx Configuration

   Ensure the nginx/nginx.conf file is configured to reverse proxy to the FastAPI application. Here's a simple example that proxies requests to the app service:

   server {
       listen 80;
   
       location / {
           proxy_pass http://app:9876;
           proxy_set_header Host $host;
           proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
           proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
           proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
       }
   }

5. Running the application Ensure that no service is listening on localhost at port 3306. Then from the root directory of your project, run:

   sudo docker-compose up