Mainflux.mainflux/users/README.md

# Users service

Users service provides an HTTP API for managing users. Through this API clients
are able to do the following actions:

- register new accounts
- obtain access tokens
- verify access tokens

For in-depth explanation of the aforementioned scenarios, as well as thorough
understanding of Mainflux, please check out the [official documentation][doc].

## Configuration

The service is configured using the environment variables presented in the
following table. Note that any unset variables will be replaced with their
default values.

| Variable                  | Description                                                             | Default        |
| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| MF_USERS_LOG_LEVEL        | Log level for Users (debug, info, warn, error)                          | info           |
| MF_USERS_DB_HOST          | Database host address                                                   | localhost      |
| MF_USERS_DB_PORT          | Database host port                                                      | 5432           |
| MF_USERS_DB_USER          | Database user                                                           | mainflux       |
| MF_USERS_DB_PASSWORD      | Database password                                                       | mainflux       |
| MF_USERS_DB               | Name of the database used by the service                                | users          |
| MF_USERS_DB_SSL_MODE      | Database connection SSL mode (disable, require, verify-ca, verify-full) | disable        |
| MF_USERS_DB_SSL_CERT      | Path to the PEM encoded certificate file                                |                |
| MF_USERS_DB_SSL_KEY       | Path to the PEM encoded key file                                        |                |
| MF_USERS_DB_SSL_ROOT_CERT | Path to the PEM encoded root certificate file                           |                |
| MF_USERS_HTTP_PORT        | Users service HTTP port                                                 | 8180           |
| MF_USERS_SERVER_CERT      | Path to server certificate in pem format                                |                |
| MF_USERS_SERVER_KEY       | Path to server key in pem format                                        |                |
| MF_USERS_ADMIN_EMAIL      | Default user, created on startup                                        |                |
| MF_USERS_ADMIN_PASSWORD   | Default user password, created on startup                               |                |
| MF_JAEGER_URL             | Jaeger server URL                                                       | localhost:6831 |
| MF_EMAIL_HOST             | Mail server host                                                        | localhost      |
| MF_EMAIL_PORT             | Mail server port                                                        | 25             |
| MF_EMAIL_USERNAME         | Mail server username                                                    |                |
| MF_EMAIL_PASSWORD         | Mail server password                                                    |                |
| MF_EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS     | Email "from" address                                                    |                |
| MF_EMAIL_FROM_NAME        | Email "from" name                                                       |                |
| MF_EMAIL_TEMPLATE         | Email template for sending emails with password reset link              | email.tmpl     |
| MF_TOKEN_RESET_ENDPOINT   | Password request reset endpoint, for constructing link                  | /reset-request |

## Deployment

The service itself is distributed as Docker container. Check the [`users`](https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux/blob/master/docker/docker-compose.yml#L109-L143) service section in 
docker-compose to see how service is deployed.

To start the service outside of the container, execute the following shell script:

```bash
# download the latest version of the service
git clone https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux

cd mainflux

# compile the service
make users

# copy binary to bin
make install

# set the environment variables and run the service
MF_USERS_LOG_LEVEL=[Users log level] \
MF_USERS_DB_HOST=[Database host address] \
MF_USERS_DB_PORT=[Database host port] \
MF_USERS_DB_USER=[Database user] \
MF_USERS_DB_PASS=[Database password] \
MF_USERS_DB=[Name of the database used by the service] \
MF_USERS_DB_SSL_MODE=[SSL mode to connect to the database with] \
MF_USERS_DB_SSL_CERT=[Path to the PEM encoded certificate file] \
MF_USERS_DB_SSL_KEY=[Path to the PEM encoded key file] \
MF_USERS_DB_SSL_ROOT_CERT=[Path to the PEM encoded root certificate file] \
MF_USERS_HTTP_PORT=[Service HTTP port] \
MF_USERS_SERVER_CERT=[Path to server certificate] \
MF_USERS_SERVER_KEY=[Path to server key] \
MF_JAEGER_URL=[Jaeger server URL] \
MF_EMAIL_HOST=[Mail server host] \
MF_EMAIL_PORT=[Mail server port] \
MF_EMAIL_USERNAME=[Mail server username] \
MF_EMAIL_PASSWORD=[Mail server password] \
MF_EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=[Email from address] \
MF_EMAIL_FROM_NAME=[Email from name] \
MF_EMAIL_TEMPLATE=[Email template file] \
MF_TOKEN_RESET_ENDPOINT=[Password reset token endpoint] \
$GOBIN/mainflux-users
```

If `MF_EMAIL_TEMPLATE` doesn't point to any file service will function but password reset functionality will not work.

## Usage

For more information about service capabilities and its usage, please check out
the [API documentation](https://api.mainflux.io/?urls.primaryName=users-openapi.yml).

[doc]: https://docs.mainflux.io