Install Rust and MySQL

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh source ~/.cargo/env sudo apt install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev sudo systemctl start mysql sudo systemctl enable mysql

Create .env fil with your configuration

cp env.example .env

Install sqlx-cli for migrations

cargo install sqlx-cli --features mysql

Run migrations

sqlx migrate run --database-url "mysql://portfolio_user:password@localhost/portfolio"

Build and run

cargo run

Production

cargo build --release
cp ./target/release/portfolio-backend .

To run it as a service

• Create portfolio-backend.service file into /lib/systemd/system
• Move executable into folder that is noted in service file alongside of static, templates, uploads and .env file

mkdir -p ~/felixcaldeira.de
cp -r ./target/release/portfolio-backend ./.env ./static ./uploads ./templates ~/felixcaldeira.de/

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start portfolio-backend
sudo systemctl enable portfolio-backend