Exercise 9.1

Using the Monopoly data service as a model, create a data service for your own monopoly database (from labs 7 & 8) and deploy it on Azure.

1. Push your service code to a new GitHub repo. Notes:
   • This is a stand-alone repo, not your standard cs262 repo.
   • You’ll rebuild the .github/workflows and package-lock.json files later, so it’s safer to leave them out at this point.
   • Update the Node version in package.json to a more current version, and make sure to use that everywhere.


2. Do the following in Azure:
   1. In the list of App Services, Create a new “Web App”.
   2. Under Basics, use your free student account (created in the guide exercises); create a resource group; give the service a unique name; choose a Node-based stack; set a free pricing plan (i.e., something like “Free F0 (shared infrastructure)”).
   3. Use the defaults for everything else and Review + create the app.


3. In the new app service, do the following:
   1. Under Deployment Center→Settings: Enable GitHub deployment; enter your GitHub service repo details.
   2. Under Configuration→Application Settings and add separate key-value pairs for your Azure PostgreSQL database:
      • DB_SERVER — See “Server Name”, e.g., calvin-cs262.postgres.database.azure.com
      • DB_PORT — For PostgreSQL, always 5432
      • DB_USER — See the “Server admin login name”
      • DB_PASSWORD — Hopefully, you remember this!
      • DB_DATABASE — See the “Databases” page.
      Note that this approach allows us to keep these values out of our (public) GitHub repo. Also, add a key-value pair for NODE_ENV : production.

See the README file for details. Update that README.md file to link your service URL, which should provide endpoints that match the following:

• https://cs262-webservice.azurewebsites.net/
• https://cs262-webservice.azurewebsites.net/players
• https://cs262-webservice.azurewebsites.net/players/1
• https://cs262-webservice.azurewebsites.net/players/-1 (not found)
• https://cs262-webservice.azurewebsites.net/blob (undefined endpoint)

For grading purposes, push the following into a cs262/lab09 sub-directory in your standard course repo:

• A README.md file that includes a hyperlink to the root of your running data service on Azure (e.g., my sample is at https://cs262-webservice.azurewebsites.net/).
• A copy your service application code module (e.g., monopolyService.js; be sure not to include the .git sub-directory). Keep your stand-alone service repo in place because you’ll upgrade it as part of the homework.

Exercise 9.2

You should actively participate in your team’s retrospective and planning session.