Real time chat application created with Phoenix framework and deployed on fly.io
The project's development environment relies on Docker and docker compose. To install them please head over to please head over to respective installation guides:
When the dependency requirements are met you need to clone the project to your workstation. Notice that neither Elixir nor postgresql need to be installed on your machine. The whole app is going to be working in a contenerized environment.
git clone https://github.com/happyRip/Ephemeral-Chat.git
cd Ephemeral-Chat
Then build the containers and setup the project next
docker compose build
docker compose run --rm web mix setup
All that's left is to run the app
docker compose up
Now head over to http://localhost:4000/ and check if the app is working correctly.
You can setup an alias to run mix commands through the docker container
alias mix='docker compose run --rm web mix'
If you encounter any problems please create an issue.