hanzo-chat

Hanzo chat app.

Run Locally

In general, Node.js projects require:

1. Install the Google Cloud SDK, including the gcloud tool, and gcloud app component.

2. Setup the gcloud tool. This provides authentication to Google Cloud APIs and services.

    gcloud init
   

3. Acquire local credentials for autheticating with Google Cloud Platform APIs:

    gcloud beta auth application-default login
   

4. Install depedencies using npm or yarn:

    npm install
   

   or

    yarn install
   

5. Run the sample with npm or yarn:

    npm start
   

   or

    yarn start
   

6. Visit the application at http://localhost:8080.

Deploying

1. Use the Google Developers Console to create a project/app id. (App id and project id are identical.)

2. Setup the gcloud tool, if you haven't already.

    gcloud init
   

3. Use gcloud to deploy your app.

    gcloud app deploy
   

   Note: If there is a yarn.lock file then yarn install will be used during deployment. Delete the yarn.lock file to fall back to npm install.

4. Awesome! Your application is now live at https://YOUR_PROJECT_ID.appspot.com.

Websocket Setup

You will need to create a new firewall rule to allow traffic on port 65080. This port will be used for websocket connections. You can do this with the Google Cloud SDK with the following command:

gcloud compute firewall-rules create default-allow-websockets \
  --allow tcp:65080 \
  --target-tags websocket \
  --description "Allow websocket traffic on port 65080"