Demo Web Application for Financial Advisor to review list of clients, news, and stocks from a single interface

Built with Node.js + React.js and connects to Db2 system using IBM Common SQL Engine

• Install packages

  npm install
  

• Set Environment Variables

  Copy .env.example to new file .env and fill in variables with your DB connection credentials:

  DB_HOST=
  DB_PORT=
  DB_BASE=
  DB_USER=
  DB_PASS=
  

• Run Backend

  npm start &
  

• Run Frontend (separate process)

  cd client
  npm start
  

docker build -t findash https://github.com/IBM-DSE/FinDash

docker run -it -v `pwd`:/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app node:8 npm install

NOTE: subsequent npm commands using the generated node_modules should also be run the same way to avoid dependency mismatch

docker build -t findash .

docker run -it --env-file .env -p 3000:3000 findash

• Install Bluemix CLI

• Push app to IBM Cloud

  cf push
  

• Set environment variables either:

  • with cf set-env commands:

    cf set-env FinDash DB_HOST <YOUR_DB_HOST>
    cf set-env FinDash DB_PORT ...
    

  • through IBM Cloud console