Database

For this application to run it also needs a database set up, for this we have chosen MongoDB.

Deployment

Our recommendation for deployment is to use MongoDB Atlas this has a free tier but allows for scaling up to a paid plan if your requirements exceed the limits of the free tier.

To get started sign up here then choose any of the cloud providers, and select a local cluster with a free tier

Once this is done, a particular structure of the database will need to be established if you don't want to change the code

  1. Create a database named foodbank
  2. Create 4 collections, bays, dummy, food and zones in that database

If you do want to change the names of the database or collections, please consult the expansion section of this user guide.

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