Setup Hasura

docker-compose.yml

Make sure the Hasura CLI is installed

1. Download the Hasura Docker compose file to the project root

2. Modify the graphql-engine service to point to our own Dockerfile

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   graphql-engine:
     build:
       context: ./hasura
       dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
     depends_on:
       - "postgres"
     restart: always
     env_file:
       - ./hasura/.env

3. Run the command hasura init hasura --admin-secret <the string you created in .env>

Dockerfile

4. Create ./hasura/Dockerfile with the auto applying migrations image

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   FROM hasura/graphql-engine:v2.2.0.cli-migrations-v3
   
   COPY ./metadata /hasura-metadata
   COPY ./migrations /hasura-migrations

5. Create ./hasura/.env

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   HASURA_GRAPHQL_METADATA_DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:postgrespassword@postgres:5432/postgres"
   PG_DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:postgrespassword@postgres:5432/postgres"
   HASURA_GRAPHQL_ENABLE_CONSOLE=false
   HASURA_GRAPHQL_DEV_MODE=true
   HASURA_GRAPHQL_ENABLED_LOG_TYPES="startup, http-log, webhook-log, websocket-log, query-log"
   HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET="<Your admin secret you made in .env>"
   HASURA_GRAPHQL_JWT_SECRET=<Hasura JWT secret config>
   HASURA_GRAPHQL_UNAUTHORIZED_ROLE="anonymous"

6. Startup Hasura docker compose up -d --build remember to run docker compose down when you want to stop it.

7. Start the Hasura console hasura console --project hasura --admin-secret <Your admin secret from .env>

8. Click the data tab and connect database. Name will be default and we connect via the environment variable PG_DATABASE_URL