Mainflux.mainflux/http/README.md

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# HTTP adapter
HTTP adapter provides an HTTP API for sending messages through the platform.
## 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_HTTP_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL | Log level for the HTTP Adapter | error |
| MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_PORT | Service HTTP port | 8180 |
| MF_NATS_URL | NATS instance URL | nats://localhost:4222 |
| MF_THINGS_URL | Things service URL | localhost:8181 |
| MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_CLIENT_TLS | Flag that indicates if TLS should be turned on | false |
| MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS | Path to trusted CAs in PEM format | |
## Deployment
The service 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:
adapter:
image: mainflux/http:[version]
container_name: [instance name]
ports:
- [host machine port]:8180
environment:
MF_THINGS_URL: [Things service URL]
MF_NATS_URL: [NATS instance URL]
MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL: [HTTP Adapter Log Level]
MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_PORT: [Service HTTP port]
MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS: [Path to trusted CAs in PEM format]
```
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 http
make http
# copy binary to bin
make install
# set the environment variables and run the service
MF_THINGS_URL=[Things service URL] MF_NATS_URL=[NATS instance URL] MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL=[HTTP Adapter Log Level] MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_PORT=[Service HTTP port] MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS=[Path to trusted CAs in PEM format] $GOBIN/mainflux-http
```
Setting `MF_HTTP_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS` expects a file in PEM format of trusted CAs. This will enable TLS against the Things gRPC endpoint trusting only those CAs that are provided.
## Usage
For more information about service capabilities and its usage, please check out
the [API documentation](swagger.yaml).