#Setup Docker compose up not working due to missing .env files

[Dr4gon]

@echo75 Since I know it's docker build I started to run it

@Dr4gon ➜ /workspaces/graduation-project-johan-hedman (main) $ docker compose up
Failed to load /workspaces/graduation-project-johan-hedman/backend/.env: open /workspaces/graduation-project-johan-hedman/backend/.env: no such file or directory

It's important to make sure the at least have dummy .env files with localhast parameters in the folder.

[Dr4gon]

@echo75 Of course, you'll both in the front- and backend an .env file. I'm aware that you have your secrets stored there. But u need to at least provide a dummy .env file to make it locally work for every developer after u.

[Dr4gon]

Yeah, that would be nice. I know from other projects that it's MONGODB_CONNECTION_STRING=mongodb://mongo:27017 which u changed to MONGODB_URI and therefore the app crashes.

graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       | app.js is running
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       | /app/node_modules/connect-mongo/build/main/lib/MongoStore.js:126
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       |                 .db(options.dbName)
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       |                  ^
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       | 
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       | TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'db')
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       |     at /app/node_modules/connect-mongo/build/main/lib/MongoStore.js:126:18
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       |     at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       | 
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       | Node.js v20.5.1
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       | 
graduation-project-johan-hedman-api-1       | [nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...

After changing the configuration value to MONGODB_URI, the app finally starts properly 😁

[ghost]

There is a .env.example in the front-and backend though, with the parameters you need

[Dr4gon]

@johan-hedman I'm aware of that. A newbie won't know what an .env file is or how to use it properly. It would be much easier to simply start the application 😁

[Dr4gon]

@johan-hedman I copied this directly into my .env file

MONGODB_URI = mongodb://localhost:27017/movies-test
SESSION_SECRET = 1234567890ABCDEFabcdef
FRONTEND_URL = http://127.0.0.1:5173
OMDB_API_KEY = 11111111

The application doesn't let me even see the page anymore

frontend_1  |   ➜  Local:   http://localhost:5173/
frontend_1  |   ➜  Network: http://172.18.0.4:5173/
api_1       | app.js is running
api_1       | GET /accounts/session 200 5.323 ms - -
api_1       | GET /accounts/session 200 0.794 ms - -
api_1       | /app/node_modules/mongoose/lib/connection.js:788
api_1       |     err = new ServerSelectionError();
api_1       |           ^
api_1       | 
api_1       | MongooseServerSelectionError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017
api_1       |     at _handleConnectionErrors (/app/node_modules/mongoose/lib/connection.js:788:11)
api_1       |     at NativeConnection.openUri (/app/node_modules/mongoose/lib/connection.js:763:11) {
api_1       |   reason: TopologyDescription {
api_1       |     type: 'Unknown',
api_1       |     servers: Map(1) {
api_1       |       'localhost:27017' => ServerDescription {
api_1       |         address: 'localhost:27017',
api_1       |         type: 'Unknown',
api_1       |         hosts: [],
api_1       |         passives: [],
api_1       |         arbiters: [],
api_1       |         tags: {},
api_1       |         minWireVersion: 0,
api_1       |         maxWireVersion: 0,
api_1       |         roundTripTime: -1,
api_1       |         lastUpdateTime: 550138,
api_1       |         lastWriteDate: 0,
api_1       |         error: MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017
api_1       |             at connectionFailureError (/app/node_modules/mongodb/lib/cmap/connect.js:367:20)
api_1       |             at Socket.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/mongodb/lib/cmap/connect.js:290:22)
api_1       |             at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:629:26)
api_1       |             at Socket.emit (node:events:514:28)
api_1       |             at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
api_1       |             at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
api_1       |             at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
api_1       |           cause: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017
api_1       |               at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (node:net:1595:16) {
api_1       |             errno: -111,
api_1       |             code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
api_1       |             syscall: 'connect',
api_1       |             address: '127.0.0.1',
api_1       |             port: 27017
api_1       |           },
api_1       |           [Symbol(errorLabels)]: Set(1) { 'ResetPool' }
api_1       |         },
api_1       |         topologyVersion: null,
api_1       |         setName: null,
api_1       |         setVersion: null,
api_1       |         electionId: null,
api_1       |         logicalSessionTimeoutMinutes: null,
api_1       |         primary: null,
api_1       |         me: null,
api_1       |         '$clusterTime': null
api_1       |       }
api_1       |     },
api_1       |     stale: false,
api_1       |     compatible: true,
api_1       |     heartbeatFrequencyMS: 10000,
api_1       |     localThresholdMS: 15,
api_1       |     setName: null,
api_1       |     maxElectionId: null,
api_1       |     maxSetVersion: null,
api_1       |     commonWireVersion: 0,
api_1       |     logicalSessionTimeoutMinutes: null
api_1       |   },
api_1       |   code: undefined
api_1       | }
api_1       | 
api_1       | Node.js v20.5.1
api_1       | [nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...