@boomerang-io/webapp-spa-server

Webapp SPA Server

Provide a consistent way to deploy Boomerang React SPAs with client-side routing into an IBM Cloud Private environment.

Features

• Serve static assets
• Client-side routing support for SPAs
• Dynamic data and script injection into HTML document at run-time
• Logging with @boomerang-io/logger-middleware
• Cloud native health checking with Cloud Native Health Connect
• New Relic monitoring
• Instana monitoring
• Google Analytics
• BeeHeard survey

Design

The server can be invoked via a command line or imported as a configurable function to be executed.

• CLI - for easy stand alone use that can be invoked via a script e.g. in npm scripts
• Function - create server and run it within a node.js file

CLI

The server can be run via the CLI interface with configuration pass as options.

Enter the following to see the manual

boomerang-webapp-server --help

Command

boomerang-webapp-server serve

Options

Option	Alias	Description
--cors	-c	CORS configuration using cors package. Accepts JSON string
--disableInjectHTMLHeadData	-d	Toggle whether the app needs to inject data into the header. Defaults to false
--dotenvFilePath	-p	Path to local .env file to read in. Useful for local testing

Use as a function

const server = require("@boomerang-io/webapp-spa-server");
server({
  cors: {},
  disableInjectHTMLHeadData: true,
});

Environment Variables

The following env variables are assumed to exist either from a local .env file or passed in to the container at runtime. If nothing is passed it, it will default to the following:

Variable	Purpose	Type
APP_ROOT	Root context of the application	string
BUILD_DIR	directory relative to the exeuction where app files are located	string
PORT	Port for server to run on	number
HTML_HEAD_INJECTED_DATA_KEYS	Environment variables to inject into the HTML document	comma delimited list
HTML_HEAD_INJECTED_SCRIPTS	Scripts to inject into HTML document. Files need to be in the BUILD_DIR	comma delimited list
NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME	App name for New Relic monitoring	string
NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY	License key for New Relic monitoring	string
INSTANA_REPORTING_URL	Reporting URL for Instana monitoring	string
INSTANA_KEY	License key for Instana monitoring	string
GA_SITE_ID	Site ID for Goolge Analytics	string
ENABLE_BEEHEARD_SURVEY	Enable BeeHeard survey	boolean

Defaults

Some of the values, both config and environment variables have defaults in the server for deploying to the IBM Consulting Essentials platform.

APP_ROOT

• "/"

BUILD_DIR

• "build"

CORS

{
  "origin": "*",
  "allowedHeaders": "Content-Type, Authorization, Content-Length, X-Requested-With",
  "methods": "DELETE,GET,OPTIONS,PATCH,POST,PUT"
}

HTML_HEAD_INJECTED_DATA_KEYS

• APP_ROOT
• BASE_APPS_ENV_URL
• BASE_LAUNCH_ENV_URL
• BASE_SERVICE_ENV_URL
• BASE_WWW_ENV_URL
• CORE_APPS_ENV_URL
• CORE_ENV_URL
• CORE_SERVICE_ENV_URL
• PRODUCT_APPS_ENV_URL
• PRODUCT_ENV_URL
• PRODUCT_SERVICE_ENV_URL

PORT

• 3000