mCaptcha Guard

Back-end component of mCaptcha

Guard is the back-end component of mCaptcha system.

STATUS: UNUSABLE BUT ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT

Development:

See DEVELOPMENT.md

How to build

• Install Cargo using rustup with:

$ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

• Clone the repository with:

$ git clone https://github.com/mCaptcha/guard

• Build with Cargo:

$ cd guard && cargo build

Configuration:

Guard is highly configurable. Configuration is applied/merged in the following order:

1. config/default.toml
2. environment variables.

Setup

Environment variables:

Setting environment variables are optional. The configuration files have all the necessary parameters listed. By setting environment variables, you will be overriding the values set in the configuration files.

Database:

Name	Value
GUARD_DATEBASE_PASSWORD	Postgres password
GUARD_DATEBASE_NAME	Postgres database name
GUARD_DATEBASE_PORT	Postgres port
GUARD_DATEBASE_HOSTNAME	Postgres hostmane
GUARD_DATEBASE_USERNAME	Postgres username
GUARD_DATEBASE_POOL	Postgres database connection pool size

Server:

Name	Value
GUARD_SERVER_PORT (or) PORT**	The port on which you want wagon to listen to
GUARD_SERVER_IP	The IP address on which you want wagon to listen to
GUARD_SERVER_STATIC_FILES_DIR	Path to directory containing static files