Simple User Login and Signup System

This is a simple and working user registration and authentication system built using Node, MongoDB and Redis.

MongoDB acts as a primary data store and Redis is used as a external session store.

Requirements

You need to have following softwares installed in your system.

• Node (v11.15.0 or higher)
• MongoDB
• Redis

How to run

Clone the repository and switch to it using the terminal.

Install the node dependencies.

npm install

Change the config.json file according to your system configuration.

{
  "mongodbURL": "mongodb://localhost:27017/userDemo",
  "redisHost": "localhost",
  "redisPort": 6379,
  "sessionSecret": "some-secret-hash",
  "port": 3000,
  "env": "development"
}

Then run the application using the following command.

node app.js

Navigate your browser to localhost:3000 to view the app.