The project is generated by LoopBack.
##Installation
npm install
npm install -g strongloop #optional, gives you loopback commandline tools
##Running the dev server
node .
Then open http://0.0.0.0:3000/explorer to explore the REST APIs
##Populate the server with test data
sudo npm install -g jasmine-node
jasmine-node test/
It will run test/populate_ref_workload.js
If you encounter error, restart the dev server.
##Connecting to MongoDB backend
When you fininsh the above steps, the dev server stores the data in memory, so everytime you close the server (by Ctrl+C), the data is lost. To have persistent data storage, you need a MongoDB server.
docker run -p 27017:27017 --name some-mongo -v /abs/path/to/local/directory:/data/db -d mongo
Note that the docker image will be called some-mongo, and you need to specify a directory (/abs/path/to/local/directory)in the host system to store the MongoDB data files. This runs the MongoDB in auth-free mode (no login required) so be careful.
Then, add the MongoDB as a data source in loopback
slc loopback:datasource
Remeber to change the dataSource in server/model-config.json