Red Engine

Red engine is the backend for the Videogame Media Project

Backend Tech Stack

Node.js version 24.7.0 or more with these extra modules

"bcrypt": "^6.0.0",
"cors": "^2.8.5",
"debug": "~2.6.9",
"dotenv": "^17.2.3",
"express": "^4.21.2",
"jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
"mysql2": "^3.15.3"

How to run

1. Prepare a MariaDB database (the project uses MARIADB specific functions).
2. Create an empty database
3. Run the SQL script provided (/script.sql). It will create necessary tables and populate DB.
4. Create a /.env file with the provided template. Default values are given to make an example - consider to change them.

SECRET=BadSecretKey4Jwt
DB_PASSWORD=secret
DB_USER=root
DB_NAME=awp_vgm
HOST=localhost
SALT_ROUNDS=10
PORT=3000

5. Clone the repo : git clone https://github.com/Emprario/red-engine.git
6. Go to repo directory
7. Run as dev (enable debugging):
   • Linux/MacOS: npm run devel
   • Windows (require powershell script enabled): npm run win
8. Run for production (no debugging logs): npm run start