Node.js Web Development - Fourth Edition

Setting up Notes and user authentication on the server

Before copying the Notes and user authentication code to this server, let's do a little coding to prepare for the move. We know that the Notes and authentication services must access the MySQL instance on localhost using the usernames and passwords given earlier.

Using the approach we've followed so far, this means a pair of YAML files for Sequelize parameters, and changing environment variables in the package.json files to match.

Create a chap10/notes/models/sequelize-server-mysql.yaml file containing:

dbname: notes 
username: notes 
password: notes12345
params: 
    host: localhost 
    port: 3306 
    dialect: mysql 

It was discovered during testing that a simple password such as notes was not acceptable ...