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AFFiNE-Mirror/docs/developing-server.md
doodlewind 406460a3af chore(docs): update server start script (#9423)
Currently, directly running `yarn dev` in `packages/backend/server` (following `developing-server.md`) instead of `yarn affine server dev` would raise following error:

``` sh
server git:(canary) ✗ yarn dev
[nodemon] 3.1.9
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching path(s): *.*
[nodemon] watching extensions: ts,json
[nodemon] starting `node ./src/index.ts`
node:internal/modules/esm/get_format:160
  throw new ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION(ext, filepath);
        ^

TypeError [ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION]: Unknown file extension ".ts" for /Users/ewind/code/AFFiNE/packages/backend/server/src/index.ts
    at Object.getFileProtocolModuleFormat [as file:] (node:internal/modules/esm/get_format:160:9)
    at defaultGetFormat (node:internal/modules/esm/get_format:203:36)
    at defaultLoad (node:internal/modules/esm/load:141:22)
    at async ModuleLoader.load (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:409:7)
    at async ModuleLoader.moduleProvider (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:291:45)
    at async link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:76:21) {
  code: 'ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION'
}

Node.js v20.10.0
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...
```
2024-12-30 07:28:23 +00:00

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This document explains how to start server (@affine/server) locally with Docker

Warning

:

This document is not guaranteed to be up-to-date. If you find any outdated information, please feel free to open an issue or submit a PR.

Run required dev services in docker compose

Running yarn's server package (@affine/server) requires some dev services to be running, i.e.:

  • postgres
  • redis
  • mailhog

You can run these services in docker compose by running the following command:

cp ./.docker/dev/compose.yml.example ./.docker/dev/compose.yml
cp ./.docker/dev/.env.example ./.docker/dev/.env

docker compose -f ./.docker/dev/compose.yml up

Build native packages (you need to setup rust toolchain first)

Server also requires native packages to be built, you can build them by running the following command:

# build native
yarn affine @affine/server-native build

Prepare dev environment

cd packages/backend/server

# uncomment all env variables here
cp .env.example .env
yarn prisma db push
yarn data-migration run

Start server

# at project root
yarn affine server dev

when server started, it will created a default user for testing:

Start frontend

# at project root
yarn dev

You can login with the user (dev@affine.pro / dev) above to test the server.

Done

Now you should be able to start developing affine with server enabled.

Bonus

Enable prisma studio (Database GUI)

# available at http://localhost:5555
yarn prisma studio