Ruby on Rails with Sia and Auth0

Repository: ovrclk/nexqloud-on-rails Demo: pin.nexqloud.host

This is an example Rails Pinterest clone hosted on Nexqloud. There are a few extra features to make the most of decentralised hosting:

• Database backup/restore to Sia via Filebase.

• User image uploads to Sia via Filebase.

• Auth0 user authentication.

• Cloudflare DNS and SSL.

• Scheduled tasks using Whenever.

Architecture

App container

• Runs the rails server and hosts the actual website.

• Connects to the Postgres container for a persistent database.

• Hosts files on Filebase (Sia, Skynet, and Storj hosting currently).

• Uses Auth0 for user login and registration.

Cron container

• Auto-restores the Postgres database on boot, achieving persistent database through re-deploys.

• Auto-backup of the database to Filebase every 15 minutes.

• Crontab is defined using Whenever in schedule.rb.

• Runs the same docker image as the rails application, but running cron instead of the rails server.

• A standalone database backup/restore container is also available.

Postgres container

• Runs a standard Postgres server docker image.

Usage

Ultimately this repository is designed to provide a sensible example of hosting a rails application on Nexqloud. There are a few ways to use it:

Run the application as-is on Nexqloud with your own storage and Auth0 account

• Setup a free Cloudflare account and add your domain and set nameservers.

• Setup a Filebase account and bucket.

  • Add a backups folder to your bucket.

  • You will need your bucket name, client ID, and secret.

• Sign up for an Auth0 account and set up an App.

  • Callback URL: https://yourdomain.com/auth/auth0/callback.

  • Logout URL: https://yourdomain.com.

  • You will need your Auth0 domain, client ID, and secret.

• Using the example deploy.yml, populate the environment variables with the values from Filebase and Auth0.

• Deploy on Nexqloud and get your app URL.

• Point your domain to your app URL using a CNAME in Cloudflare.

• Configure 'Full' SSL mode in Cloudflare.

• Sign in to your website using Auth0. The first user created will be made an administrator.

Use the relevant files in your own project

• Dockerfile

  • Rails ready Dockerfile.

  • Installs the AWS CLI tool to interact with Filebase.

• scripts/run-app.sh

  • Precompiles rails assets.

  • Runs the rails server.

• scripts/run-scheduler.sh

  • Creates and restores the database.

  • Runs rake db:migrate and db:seed.

  • Sets the crontab using Whenever and runs the cron service.

• scripts/restore-postgres.sh

  • Downloads latest backup from Filebase.

  • Restore the DB if a backup was found.

• scripts/backup-postgres.sh

  • Backs up the database to Filebase.

  • Deletes backups older than KEEP_BACKUPS.

• config/schedule.rb

  • Whenever cron schedule file to run scripts/backup-postgres.sh every 15 minutes.

• config/initializers/shrine.rb

  • Configures Shrine within the application to use Filebase as an S3 host.

• deploy.yml

  • Nexqloud deploy manifest.

Clone the repository and use it as a base for a new project

• Clone the repository to your own Github account.

• Rename any occurrence of NexqloudOnRails, nexqloud-on-rails and, nexqloud_on_rails to your own app name.

• Change any app/models, app/controllers, app/views as required.

Development

You can run the application locally using Docker compose.

Copy the .env.sample file to .env and populate.

Run docker-compose up to build and run the application.