| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Download the zip file named ay2324s1-course-assessment-Assignment-5.zip from Assignment-5-updated. |
| 2 | Unzip the file and navigate to the folder ay2324s1-course-assessment-Assignment-5. |
| 3 | Set up the environment variables in .env for each of the microservices in the backend, as well as, for the frontend. They can be found in our submission on Canvas for private variables. |
| 4 | Run npm install to install the dependencies for each microservice and frontend. Note: You may need to run npm i --save-dev @types/cors and npm i --save-dev @types/express should you encounter any errors. |
| 5 | Run brew install rabbitmq to install RabbitMQ. |
| 6 | Run rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management to enable the RabbitMQ management plugin. |
| 7 | Run brew services start rabbitmq to start the RabbitMQ server. |
| 8 | To ensure that the RabbitMQ server is running, navigate to http://localhost:15672/ and login with the default credentials guest and guest. Note: If RabbitMQ is already running, you may want to run brew services restart rabbitmq instead. |
| 9 | Run npm start and navigate to http://localhost:3000/ to access the frontend. |
| 10 | Once a successful match is made, you can verify the queue is working by navigating to http://localhost:15672/#/queues. You should see the queue match_results if it is successful. |