How to setup Parse server & Dashboard

Technology we’ll use

• MongoDB(Hosted on MongoDB Atlas)
• Parse Platform
• Express.js

Let’s setup mongoDB database on mongoDB Atlas

• Create mongoDB atlas free account by clicking below link
  https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas
  Click on “Start free” Button
• Change the cluster name.

• Now click on “Create Cluster”

• Go to Settings Tab and Add MongoDb Users and set username and password. (Remember it)
• In Ip Whitelist tab click on Add Ip Address and simply hit Allow Access From Anywhere.

Now We’ll setup parse server and dashboard

• Create Express app using Express App Generator

$ express <your-app-name>
$ cd <your-app-name>
$ npm i

• Open app.js file and paste following code.

• Now we need to create .env file in root folder

databaseURI=mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster-url>/<cluster-name>
appId=<app-id>
masterKey=<secrete-key>
javascriptKey=<secrete-key>
restAPIKey=<secrete-key>
serverUrl=localhost:1337
appName=<app-name>
masterUsername=<username>
masterPassword=<password>

Note : You can get databaseURI using connect button on mongoDB Atlas dashboard

• Click on Connect Your Application
• Choose I am using driver 3.6 or later, You will get a databaseURI, paste it in .env file and change necessary variables in it.

Now run following commands

$ npm install dotenv --save
$ npm install parse-dashboard --save
$ npm install parse-server --save

Run command npm install
We are done here !

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Now Let’s run the express app and see if it works,

• Go to http://localhost:1377/dashboard
• Enter username and password(masterUsername and masterPassword from .env file).

You can see “Parse Dashboard” like this.