Setting Parse Server on Linux VPS

Setting up Parse Server on Linux Machine using SSH

Commands :
Install Parse & Node JS :
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x -o nodesource_setup.sh

sudo -E bash ./nodesource_setup.sh

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs build-essential git

git clone https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server-example.git

cd ~/parse-server-example

npm install

Start Parse : npm start

Parse Exports :

DATABASE_URI A MongoDB connection URI, like mongodb://localhost:27017/dev

CLOUD_CODE_MAIN A path to a file containing Parse Cloud Code functions, like cloud/main.js

APP_ID A string identifier for your app, like myAppId


MASTER_KEY A secret master key which allows you to bypass all of the app's security mechanisms

PARSE_MOUNT The path where the Parse Server API should be served, like /parse

PORT The port the app should listen on, like 1337

Installing Mongodb :


Import the public key used by the package management system.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv EA312927



Create a list file for MongoDB.
Ubuntu 12.04

echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu precise/mongodb-org/3.2 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.2.list
Ubuntu 14.04

echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.2 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.2.list
Ubuntu 16.04

echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.2 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.2.list


Reload local package database

sudo apt-get update

Install the MongoDB packages.

sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

Start MongoDB.
sudo service mongod start

Create Admin User:
use admin
db.createUser(
{
user: "name",
pwd: "password",
roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" } ]
}
)

URI = mongodb://name:password@host:27017/databasename

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