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_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 | |
| MF_JAEGER_URL | Jaeger server URL | localhost:6831 |
| MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL | Things service Auth gRPC URL | localhost:8181 |
| MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT | Things service Auth gRPC request timeout in seconds | 1s |
## Deployment
The service itself is distributed as Docker container. Check the [`http-adapter`](https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux/blob/master/docker/docker-compose.yml#L245-L262) 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 http
make http
# copy binary to bin
make install
# set the environment variables and run the service
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] \
MF_JAEGER_URL=[Jaeger server URL] \
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL=[Things service Auth gRPC URL] \
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT=[Things service Auth gRPC request timeout in seconds] \
$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](https://api.mainflux.io/?urls.primaryName=http-openapi.yml).
[doc]: https://docs.mainflux.io