zachlevy / physly

A URL shortener for the physical web.

phys.ly

Physly is a url shortener specifically designed for the physical web.

http Without SSL on Physical Web

Physly will let you use http URLs with Physical Web beacons. Shorten your http:// URL with Physly and we will give you an https:// URL to use with your Eddystone beacons.

Development

Start Server in Development

$ clear && DEBUG=physly:* npm run local

Start Server in Production

$ npm start

Database

Uses postgres. Must migrate before running $ npm start.

• Create database manually in $ psql
• Add in credentials to config/config.json
• $ sudo npm install -g sequelize-cli
• $ sudo npm install -g pg
• $ NODE_ENV=production sequelize db:migrate
• $ npm run seed (Optional)

Deployment

Run Server

$ pm2 start npm -- start

Update Server

$ git pull origin master $ pm2 restart npm

HTTPS with letsencrypt

Renewing must be done manually. Make sure to redirect http to https in the prompt.

$ cd /opt/letsencrypt/
$ ./letsencrypt-auto --renew-by-default