{% hint style="warning" %} This documentation should be split into a local and a docker installation variant. Also my be there should be a main docker installation guide for the while system at once!? {% endhint %}

Clone Repository

The Backend Repository can be found on github.
https://github.com/Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend

git@github.com:Human-Connection/Nitro-Backend.git

Copy Environment Variables

cp .env.template .env

Configure the file .env according to your needs and your local setup.

Install Dependencies

{% tabs %} {% tab title="Yarn" %}

yarn install

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NPM" %}

npm install

{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}

Start the Server

{% tabs %} {% tab title="Yarn" %}

yarn start

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NPM" %}

npm start

{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}

This will start the GraphQL service by default on [http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000) where you can issue GraphQL requests or access GraphQL Playground in the browser