very-usable-chat

Demo project - cross-platform server + client chat application.

Client - .NET console app with Terminal.Gui user interface

Run it:

• copy vuc.example.json to vuc.json
• change Server url
• dotnet run

Server - ASP.NET Minimal API with EF Core and SQLite DB

Development:

• create db: dotnet ef database update (creates db in ./data/vuc.db) OR just rename vuc.example.db
• run it: dotnet run
• Swagger API docs: /swagger/index.html

Production:

• Published app should be copied to your webserver folder, for example: /var/www/your.server.domain/
• SQLite database file is stored in /var/www/your.server.domain/data/vuc.db
• vhost / reverse proxy example:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    ProxyPass / http://0.0.0.0:5000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://0.0.0.0:5000/

    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    ServerName your.server.domain
    DocumentRoot /var/www/your.server.domain
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>