- This website helps academics and test subjects share research data in a secure way by interfacing with the Ethereum blockchain
1. If you do not have MongoDB installed, follow steps 1-4. These steps assume you are running Mac OS. If you are running Windows, please visit: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows/ First, ensure you have xcode command line tools installed
xcode-select --install
2. Tap the MongoDB Homebrew tap by running the code below. This assumes you have homebrew installed. If not, visit: https://brew.sh/#install
brew tap mongodb/brew
3. Update Homebrew
brew update
4. Install MongoDB
brew install [email protected]
5. To ease the process of starting and stopping the mongod process, open up your bash profile
nano ~/.bash_profile
6. Create an alias to start the mongod process by entering the following line in your bash profile
alias mongodbstart='brew services start [email protected]'
7. Create an alias to stop the mongod process by entering the following line in your bash profile
alias mongodbstop='brew services stop [email protected]'
8. Save and close your bash profile
9. Clone the repository to your local machine
git clone https://github.com/Kieran-Arul/final-year-project
10. Navigate into the project directory
cd final-year-project
11. Run the following command to install the necessary dependencies
npm install
12. Start the mongod process
mongodbstart
12. Run the following command to start a server on Port 8080:
npm start
13. Open up your internet browser and go to:
14. You should now be able to browse the website
15. When you are finished, stop the server from running by hitting CTRL-C
16. Terminate the mongod process:
mongodbstop