loopback4-example-book

Loopback 4 example using express server to expose customised APIs

Features

1. Support LDAP(S) authentication
2. Support Basic authentication
3. Support basic security features using helmet
4. Support basic rate limiting
5. Support winston logger and rsyslog
6. Support integration with db2
7. Support encryption of .env

Getting started

1. Install nodejs
2. Run: 'npm install'
3. Create .env file (refer to sample.env.txt)
4. Encode .env using: 'npx secure-env .env -s YourSecretKey'
5. Set environment variable
   • SK=YourSecretKey
   • AUTH=ldap|basic (default: ldap)
   • HOST=0.0.0.0 (default: 0.0.0.0)
   • PORT=3000 (default: 3000)
6. To start, run: 'npm start'

Loopback Commands (optional):

To use the below commands, run 'npm install -g @loopback/cli'

1. Setup database connectivity: lb4 datasource
2. Discover models: lb4 discover
3. Setup models' repository: lb4 repository
4. Setup models' relation: lb4 relation
5. Setup sevices: lb4 service

LDAP Setup (optional)

1. Install docker-openlap from https://github.com/osixia/docker-openldap
2. Run: docker run -p 636:636 --name my-openldap-container --detach osixia/openldap
3. Run: docker run -it -v d:/data:/data osixia/openldap /bin/bash
4. Get all generated certs from /container/service/slapd/assets/certs
5. Update the certs path in .env and encrypt it
6. Set environment variable to disable certificate verfication
   • NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0