Test the app here: https://chat.arcade.build

Read the blog for more implementation details: https://aashishkoshti.in/blog/distributed-chat-app

• For running the web
  1. Create .env file in the web folder

         VITE_API_URL=ws://localhost:8080/chat/ws

  2. Use npm to start the web

        ~> cd web
        ~> npm install
        ~> npm run dev

• For running the server
  • Create .env file and update the env variables from .env.example file

        ENV=development
        REDIS_ADDR=<redis_container_name>:6379
        REDIS_PWD=<redis_pwd>
        REDIS_DB=<redis_db>
        CHAT_CHANNEL=<channel>
        WS_TYPE=pubsub
        MAX_CHAT_LEN=10
        STREAM_KEY=<stream>
        STREAM_CONSUMER_GROUP=<cg>

  • Choose which message system to run, redis pubsub or redis streams

        WS_TYPE=pubsub # for streams keep it empty

  • Use docker for running the server app, all the services are listed in scripts/docker-compose.yml

        ~> cd server/scripts
        ~> docker compose --env-file ../.env up