BC Parks CMS

Summary

A data driven progressive mobile web site that provides potential BC Park visitors with information on provincial parks, conservation areas, and ecological reserves. Content on these pages includes descriptions, activies, amentities, park status, etc.

HOW TO USE

The production application can be accessed here: TBD

HOW TO RUN

Clone a copy of the code from this repository, then deploy the code using the following Docker command in the root folder:

docker-compose up --build

HOW TO DEVELOP

To get the project up and running, install Docker and run the following Docker command:

docker-compose up --build

For full development, developer dependencies are the following:

Visual Studio Code
Strapi
Github
Postman

The following technologies are used in this project:

React
Strapi
Gatsby
Kong
PostgreSQL
NGINX

Your changes will be deployed automatically next time the app starts.

HOW TO DEPLOY

Refer to the TBD for instructions on how to deploy the app.

PROJECT STRUCTURE OVERVIEW

Features

The application includes:

• Decoupling of content and its presentation.
• Headless CMS using Strapi
• React front-end communicating with back-end Strapi API.
• The API retrieves the content from the postgresql database and returns it to the presentation layer.
• NGINX acts as a reverse-proxy for all web applications.

Technology Selection

• We hosted the application on OpenShift. We built the application to be cloud-ready and able to work with a wide range of platforms and clouds.
• The Headless CMS loads in content/resources for the different sections of the application.
• NGINX was selected as a lightweight server and reverse proxy to handle routing and security.

Architecture and Technical Design

Link to architecture

Front-end

• React
• Gatsby
• Leaflet
• NGINX

Backend

• Headless API - Strapi

Database

• PostgresDB

DevOps

• Docker - Local Build/Image Development
• Github Actions - Build and Deploy Images
• Dockerhub - Container Registry
• OpenShift - to host the frontend and API