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• Real-time bidding on auction listings between users using Socket.IO
• Server-Side Rendering using React and Next.js
• Styled frontend using Tailwind CSS with Emotion Styled Components
• Automated testing suites for each microservice
• Handles payments using the Stripe API
• Shares common code among services using a custom npm package

• Node.js - Runtime environment for JS
• Express.js - Node.js framework, makes process of building APIs easier & faster
• MySQL - An open-source relational database management system
• Sequelize - A promise-based Node.js ORM for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite and Microsoft SQL Server
• Cloudinary - For image uploading and manipulation
• Docker - A platform for developing, shippinh and running applications
• Kubernetes - An open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications
• Ingress NGINX - NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes
• Skaffold - Handles the workflow for building, pushing and deploying applications
• Stripe - Online payment processing for internet businesses
• Jest - A JavaScript testing framework

• ReactJS - Frontend framework
• Next.js - React framework that enables server-side rendering
• Tailwind CSS - A utility-first CSS framework
• Emotion - CSS-in-JS library designed for high performance style composition
• Formik - React framework for building forms
• Yup - A form validation library

This project is a rewrite of a previous monolithic auction website I wrote. The purpose of this rewrite was to gain experience utilizing a microservices architecture after completing Stephen Griders course on Microservices.

git clone https://github.com/smartman1234/auction-website.git

• Add the following line to your hosts file (https://phoenixnap.com/kb/how-to-edit-hosts-file-in-windows-mac-or-linux)

127.0.0.1 auctionweb.site

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/controller-v0.44.0/deploy/static/provider/cloud/deploy.yaml

• Create the JWT_KEY secret

kubectl create secret generic jwt-secret --from-literal=JWT_KEY=<Your Secret Here>

• Create the MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD secret

kubectl create secret generic mysql-root-password-secret --from-literal=MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=<Your Secret Here>

• Create the EMAIL secret

kubectl create secret generic email-secret --from-literal=EMAIL=<Your Secret Here>

• Create the EMAIL_PASSWORD secret

kubectl create secret generic email-password-secret --from-literal=EMAIL_PASSWORD=<Your Secret Here>

• Create the STRIPE_KEY secret

kubectl create secret generic stripe-secret --from-literal=STRIPE_KEY=<Your Secret Here>

• Create the CLOUDINARY_API_KEY secret

kubectl create secret generic cloudinary-api-key-secret --from-literal=CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=<Your Secret Here>

• Create the CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME secret

kubectl create secret generic cloudinary-cloud-name-secret --from-literal=CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=<Your Secret Here>

• Create the CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET secret

kubectl create secret generic cloudinary-api-secret-secret --from-literal=CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=<Your Secret Here>

skaffold dev

• The project will now be available locally on the domain auctionweb.site in your browser. If you are using Google Chrome you may have to type "thisisunsafe" while on the page to bypass a security warning