Run Parabol self hosted

.env

GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID='...'
GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET='...'
CDN_BASE_URL='https://retro:9443/'
SERVER_SECRET='...'
GRAPHQL_HOST='localhost:3000'
GRAPHQL_PROTOCOL='http'
HOST='retro'
INVITATION_SHORTLINK='retro/invitation-link'
# MAIL GLOBALS. PROVIDER: mailgun | google
MAIL_PROVIDER='google'
MAIL_FROM='parabol@retro'
MAIL_GOOGLE_USER='parabol@retro'
MAIL_GOOGLE_PASS='...'
MIN_LOG_DURATION='200'
PORT='3000'
PROTO='https'
REDIS_URL='redis://localhost:6379'
RETHINKDB_URL='rethinkdb://localhost:28015/parabol'
RETHINKDB_SSL='false'
# Path to static files
AWS_S3_BUCKET='retro:9443/build/v5.30.0'
FILE_STORE_PROVIDER='local'

upgrade-parabol.md

As parabol user:

cd ~/parabol
git checkout <tag>
yarn
Apply the patch in ~/diff-reflection-disable manually
yarn
check .env for versions
yarn update-schema
yarn build
yarn db:migrate (must print migrations)

As root:

version=v5.30.0
cp -r /home/parabol/parabol/build/* /var/www/parabol/build/v5.30.0/ && chown www-data:www-data -R  /var/www/parabol
cp -r /home/parabol/parabol/static/images/* /var/www/parabol/build/v5.30.0/static/ && chown www-data:www-data -R  /var/www/parabol

As parabol user:

test using yarn start

I would guess this is outdated. But I would be happy about instruction on how to set it up 2023 :D

Thanks for the quick feedback! I will work in this again soon hopefully. Do you remember what the patch was about? May be it will come in handy again.

The patch is optional. It disabled an integration with a Google API if I remember correctly.