Deploying the backend#

Create a Cloudflare Worker for the backend In the Cloudflare Dashboard go to the sidebar, then click "Compute & AI" > "Workers and Pages"

Select "Create application" then click "Continue with GitHub"

If needed, link your GitHub account to your Cloudflare account.

Go to the backend repository click Star, to Star it :P then Fork the project by clicking Fork, then Create Fork.

In the Cloudflare dashboard select the GitHub repository you set for the backend, it should set the build command as npm run build and deploy command as node .output/server/index.mjs

Backend uses PostgreSQL as our database, so you need somewhere to host. I personally recommend Neon as they have a perfectly fine free tier. For larger deployments, it can be quite expensive, so have a backup strategy if you get a lot of users.

In the Neon dashboard click create project, give it a name, then click Connect to your Database. It should give you a line like this: psql 'postgresql://neondb_owner:RANDOMSTUFFHERE@MORERANDOMSTUFF.c-2.us-east-1.aws.neon.tech/neondb?sslmode=require&channel_binding=require' Copy the url including the postgresql:// for the next step.

Set your Environment Variables. In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to your worker, go to settings, then click "Configure API token and other runtime variables" Now set your variables:

• CRYPTO_SECRET: Generate a random 32 character string and set that as the value
• DATABASE_URL: The long postgres:// string from earlier.
• META_NAME: Whatever you want the name to be, users will see it when they sign up
• META_DESCRIPTION: The description for your instance

Create docker-compose.yml:

       services:
        postgres:
           image: postgres
           environment:
             POSTGRES_USER: pstream_user
             POSTGRES_DB: pstream
             POSTGRES_PASSWORD: YourPasswordHere 
           ports:
             - "5432:5432" 
           networks:
             - p-stream-network
         p-stream:
           image: ghcr.io/dumbutdumber/backend:latest
           environment:
             DATABASE_URL: postgresql://pstream_user:YourPasswordHere@postgres:5432/pstream
             CRYPTO_SECRET: 32CharacterLongStringHere 
             META_NAME: unofficial-backend
           ports:
             - "80:80"
           depends_on:
             - postgres
           networks:
             - p-stream-network
       networks:
         p-stream-network: 
           driver: bridge

Important:

• Replace YourPasswordHere with your secure database password.
• Generate a strong session secret and replace 32CharacterLongStringHere.

Start the Backend: Open a terminal in the directory containing docker-compose.yml and execute:

docker-compose up -d

Login to your Railway account if you have one, otherwise create one here. - If you are signing up, then verify your account by clicking the link in the email Railway sends you. Ensure you setup your server location here to the closest one possible.

Click the Deploy on Railway button above.

Fill in the required variable META_NAME the rest are optional and can be set later on.

The Deploy button at the bottom of the template should be active, click on it.

Once the Backend service has deployed, copy the URL from the Deployments page. (Might take a second for it to be available after the service has deployed)

Congratulations! You have deployed the backend, you can now set up the client.