Mainflux.mainflux/users/README.md

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# 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_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_HTTP_PORT | Users service HTTP port | 8180 |
| MF_USERS_GRPC_PORT | Users service gRPC port | 8181 |
| MF_USERS_SECRET | String used for signing tokens | users |
## Deployment
The service itself is distributed as Docker container. The following snippet
provides a compose file template that can be used to deploy the service container
locally:
```yaml
version: "2"
services:
users:
image: mainflux/users:[version]
container_name: [instance name]
ports:
- [host machine port]:[configured HTTP port]
environment:
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_HTTP_PORT: [Service HTTP port]
MF_USERS_GRPC_PORT: [Service gRPC port]
MF_USERS_SECRET: [String used for signing tokens]
```
To start the service outside of the container, execute the following shell script:
```bash
# download the latest version of the service
go get github.com/mainflux/mainflux
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/mainflux/mainflux
# compile the app
make users
# copy binary to bin
make install
# set the environment variables and run the service
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_HTTP_PORT=[Service HTTP port] MF_USERS_GRPC_PORT=[Service gRPC port] MF_USERS_SECRET=[String used for signing tokens] $GOBIN/mainflux-users
```
## Usage
For more information about service capabilities and its usage, please check out
the [API documentation](swagger.yaml).
[doc]: http://mainflux.readthedocs.io