local-gql-setup.md

Local GraphQL server Setup

For all aws services, only graphql server can be run locally.

Pre-Requisites

• Install Docker

• Install the AWS CLI.

  • Verify that the AWS CLI is installed by running aws in a terminal window.

Local AWS setup

• Set up AWS Shared Credential File.

  • Your ~/.aws/credentials (%UserProfile%\.aws\credentials on Windows) should look like the following:

    [default]
    aws_access_key_id = local
    aws_secret_access_key = local

  • Your ~/.aws/config (%UserProfile%\.aws\config on Windows) should look like the following:

    [default]
    region = us-west-2

Start the local AWS environment

1. Create a local tfvars file and define secret_value

touch ./terraform/local/local.auto.tfvars

2. Run docker

docker compose up -d

Applying terraform changes locally

docker compose up terraform-local