The backend for a Symmetric node.

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Create file by running this command:

touch .env

Edit the file with any text editor and paste this:

MODE=dev
DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:REPLACE_THIS_WITH_THE_PASSWORD_OF_THE_LOCAL_SYMMETRIC_DATABASE@localhost:5432/symmetric
JWT_SECRET=REPLACE_THIS_WITH_A_RANDOMLY_GENEREATED_SHA256_STRING
COOKIE_DOMAIN_DEV=symmetric.localhost
COOKIE_DOMAIN_PROD=symmetric.REPLACE_THIS_WITH_THE_NODE_NAME.com

A way to generate a JWT_SECRET is to run the following command:

openssl rand -base64 64

After running it, you should see get a random string which you can use as a JWT_SECRET

Run gqlgen generate in the root folder. This will generate Go types from the schema.graphqls file.