If you want to run this forum website locally, please follow these steps.

Prerequisites

Make sure the following software is installed on your machine:

• JDK 23.0.2
• Apache Maven 3.9.9
• Spring Boot 3.4.3
• Spring Security 6.4.3
• MyBatis 3.0.4
• Redis 7.2.7
• Kafka 3.9.0
• Elasticsearch 7.17.1
• MySQL 9.2.0
• Kaptcha 2.3.2
• Spring Email 3.4.3
• Quartz, Caffeine, Spring Boot Actuator

You can check the exact versions used in this project by looking at the pom.xml file.

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Setup

1️⃣ Database

Run the following SQL commands to initialize the database. You can find the SQL files in the init_sql directory:

create database community;
use community;
source [filelocation]/init_schema.sql;
show tables;
source [filelocation]/init_data.sql;

Replace [filelocation] with the actual path to your SQL files.

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2️⃣ Configuration

Update application.properties and related files to match your environment:

• Set your MySQL username and password
• Set the port you want to use
• Set the email and password for the email account used to send activation emails

There are three property files:

• application.properties
• application-develop.properties
• application-produce.properties

In application.properties, choose the active profile:

spring.profiles.active=develop   # for local development
spring.profiles.active=produce   # for production deployment

If you are deploying the project, update global.js:

var CONTEXT_PATH = "";  // instead of: var CONTEXT_PATH = "/community";

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3️⃣ Start Required Services

Start the following services in separate terminals:

brew services start redis

zookeeper-server-start /opt/homebrew/etc/zookeeper/zoo.cfg

kafka-server-start /opt/homebrew/etc/kafka/server.properties

./bin/elasticsearch  # Run this from your Elasticsearch directory

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4️⃣ Run the Project

Finally, start the application:

Run `CommunityApplication.java`