Generator-loopback-ansible NPM

generator-loopback-ansible

This generator scripts everything you need to start a JS fullstack project:

Loopback (nodejs framework) server
React, React-Redux or Angular4 client from awesome boilerplates
Ansible provisioning with node 8, nginx, www-data user, postgresql database
Vagrant configuration
Shipit deployment script

Prerequisites

You need to install:

Yeoman: npm install -g yo
VirtualBox
Vagrant
Node.js (> 6.x) + Npm (install it with nvm): curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh | bash
Ansible (version 2)
Yarn

Installation

Choose a starter-kit according to your needs

This generator will ask you to choose between 3 starter-kits (or no client at all).

React from Create React App starter-kit:
- A react starter-kit which generates a simple react app!
- For who ?
  - Those who want to start with a minimalist react application and want to leverage the power of react-scripts to have their webpack config always up-to-date.

React-Redux from React Boilerplate:
- A React-Redux starter-kit!
- For who ?
  - Those who want to start with redux out of the box.

Angular4 from Angular starter:
- An Angular 4 starter-kit!
- For who ?
  - Those who wants Angular!

Install the generator

Install the package:

npm install -g generator-loopback-ansible

Usage

Create a directory:

mkdir myAwesomeProject && cd myAwesomeProject

Run the generator in the created directory:

yo loopback-ansible

Then follow the generated documentation installation steps.

What's next ?

Vault ansible files to be able to commit them.
Add a choice between Loopback, Express and Sailjs for the backend

Troubleshooting

At the moment, the xubuntu distrib doesn't support the vagrant synced_folder parameter with xenial OS, please choose trusty option if you are in that case