Mainflux.mainflux/ws/README.md

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# WebSocket adapter
WebSocket adapter provides an WebSocket API for sending and receiving 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_WS_ADAPTER_CLIENT_TLS | Flag that indicates if TLS should be turned on | false |
| MF_WS_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS | Path to trusted CAs in PEM format | |
| MF_WS_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL | Log level for the WS Adapter | error |
| MF_WS_ADAPTER_PORT | Service WS port | 8180 |
| MF_NATS_URL | NATS instance URL | nats://localhost:4222 |
| MF_THINGS_URL | Things service URL | localhost:8181 |
## 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:
ws:
image: mainflux/ws:[version]
container_name: [instance name]
ports:
- [host machine port]:[configured port]
environment:
MF_THINGS_URL: [Things service URL]
MF_NATS_URL: [NATS instance URL]
MF_WS_ADAPTER_PORT: [Service WS port]
MF_WS_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL: [WS adapter log level]
MF_WS_ADAPTER_CLIENT_TLS: [Flag that indicates if TLS should be turned on]
MF_WS_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 ws
make ws
# 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_WS_ADAPTER_PORT=[Service WS port] MF_WS_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL=[WS adapter log level] MF_WS_ADAPTER_CLIENT_TLS=[Flag that indicates if TLS should be turned on] MF_WS_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS=[Path to trusted CAs in PEM format] $GOBIN/mainflux-ws
```
## Usage
For more information about service capabilities and its usage, please check out
the [WebSocket paragraph](https://mainflux.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting-started/#websocket) in the Getting Started guide.