web

Launchr Web plugin

Launchr Web plugin is an extenstion to Launchr to run actions via Web UI. The plugin consists of a Backend API and a Frontend client.

Table of contents

• Usage
• Development

Usage

Build launchr from source locally. Build dependencies:

1. go >=1.21, see installation guide
2. nodejs 20, see NVM or Volta
3. make

Build the launchr tool:

make
bin/launchr web --help

The documentation for launchr usage can be found in the main project.

To build the client:

Node

cd client
# Install yarn 4 https://yarnpkg.com/getting-started/install yarn set version stable

# Fetch dependencies
yarn
# Build the project
yarn build
# Start client dev server
yarn dev

Docker

make front-install front-build

See client readme for more information.

To run Launchr Web server:

# Run web server on http://localhost:8080
bin/launchr web
# Run web server on http://localhost:3000
bin/launchr web -p 3000
# Serve swagger-ui and swagger.json
# Paths /api/swagger.json and /api/swagger-ui
bin/launchr web --swagger-ui
# To proxy requests to client dev server
bin/launchr web --swagger-ui --proxy-client=http://localhost:5173/

By default, Launchr HTTP server provides client files from client/dist. But as shown above, launchr may be a reverse proxy server for yarn dev with --proxy-client flag.

If you face any issues with launchr:

1. Open an issue in the repo.
2. Share the app version with launchr --version

Development

The launchr can be built with a make to bin directory:

make

It is also supported to make a build to use with dlv for debug:

make DEBUG=1

Useful make commands:

1. Fetch dependencies - make deps
2. Test the code - make test
3. Lint the code - make lint

Test for release

make front-install front-build
make EMBED=1

To push new client release.

git tag v0.0.X
git push --tags

and wait for github action will finished.