This app demonstrates the auth process which is built using the MERN stack. Additionaly the app is containerised using Docker.

Authentication is the process of verifying who someone is. Authorization is the process of verifying what resources a user has access to. This can by achieved through JWT. JWT uses authorization headers.

JWT stands for JSON Web Tokens

• Handle authentication
• Allow access to API end points
• End points provide data resources

cd demo-app
npm i

cd node
npm i

Create a file in the root of ./node with a name .env and copy, paste the following,

DATABASE_URI=`YOUR_DB_URI`
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=`A_STRING_OF_YOUR_CHOICE`
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=`A_STRING_OF_YOUR_CHOICE`

For DATABASE_URI, create a new cluster from your Atlas dashboard.

cd demo-app
npm run start

cd node
npm run dev

docker compose build
docker compose up

1. Docker CLI Cheat Sheet
2. Full MERN Stack App: 0 to deployment on Kubernetes — part 1
3. MERN Stack with Kubernetes
4. YAML Cheatsheet
5. Node.js Resources - Dave Gray
6. Auth in React - Dave Gray