Set up a Mongo DB

Cleavr does not directly support installing and configuring a MongoDB. Currently, Cleavr assists with MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL.

But, don't let that stop you from using Mongo!

You have a couple different options to set up Mongo on your server

1. SSH into your server and manually install, configure, and run Mongo
2. Set up and use Mongo with a Docker Container

In this guide, we'll use Mongo in a Docker Container and create a sample app for an example.

To get started with the example, first, provision a server and have it ready.

Step 1: Add Docker Service

In the server > services section, select Install for the Docker service. This will install Docker onto your server.

Step 2: Add A New Site

For our example, we'll use a Nest JS sample project.

First, we'll need to add a new NodeJS SSR site to the server.

Step 3: Add And Configure Deployment Workflow

Once the site has been added to the server, in the deployment workflow section, select Complete Setup for the deployment workflow that was created after the new NodeJS SSR site was added to the server.

In the settings > Code Repository tab, you'll connect to our sample project. You'll need to have a GitHub account and VC profile created in Cleavr for this step.

• Version Control Provider: GitHub
• Repository: armgitaar/next-mongo
• Branch to Deploy: master

Click Update

Click on the NPM Build tab and fill in the following:

• Entry Point: main.js
• Build Command: npm run build --production
• CWD Path: append /dist to the end

Click Update.

Click on the Deployment Hooks section and add the following deployment hook:

Docker compose up

cd {{ releasePath }}
docker-compose up -d

Place this deployment hook directly after Build Assets.

In this example, we are using a docker-compose.yml file to configure the Mongo database.

Another option is to setup and run the Mongo Database in a container via the command line when SSH'ing into the server.

Step 4: Deploy!

If everything looks good, go to the deployments section and deploy! 🚀

You can now interact with the cat API using https://example.com/cats.