Notus

Description

Take notes with ease using Notus. Feel free to use either Markdown or HTML.

Requirements

You really need these things:

• data.gov Key
• NodeMailer supported service
• RethinkDB
• MongoDB
• Node.js 7.8+ & npm

Installation

~ $ git clone https://github.com/OnlyTwentyCharacters/notus
cd notus
npm install

Configuration

First clone the config.js.example file.

~ $ cp config.js.example config.js

Fill in each of the values.

Name	Key Name	Description	Example
Base Domain	domains.base	the link to your website without https:// (may include www)	notus.cf
Mailing Domain	domains.mail	the domain email are sent from	notus.cf
Site Domain	domains.website	full url to your website with the http://	https://notus.cf
Port	port	port number application runs on	8080
Data.gov Key	dataGovKey	api key obtained from data.gov	N/A
Secret	secret	a random string used to sign cookies	asupercomplicatedstring
MongoDB Connection String	database	mongodb connection string	mongodb://username:password@domain/database
RethinkDB Database Name	rethinkdb.db	name of database used in rethinkdb connections	Notus
RethinkDB Hostname	rethinkdb.servers.host	hostname used in rethinkdb connections	localhost
RethinkDB Port	rethinkdb.servers.port	port used in rethinkdb connections	28015
Note Limit	noteLimit	maximum number of notes than can be created per user	100
Mail Service	mailService.service	service used to send mail	SendGrid
Mail Service Username	mailService.service.auth.user	username on service used to send mail	mail@mail.domain.name
Mail Service Password	mailService.service.auth.pass	password on service used to send mail	ididnothashmypassword

Deployment

Using a production manager for Node.js applications is recommended.

With pm2: ~ $ pm2 start Notus.js

If you're just testing out Notus for a very short period of time, just do: ~ $ node Notus.js

Built with

• Node.js
• Express.js
• Passport.js
• EJS
• RethinkDB
• MongoDB
• SimpleMDE