Step 1

Download, fork or clone the boilerplate from github and install dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/The-SaaS-Factory/backend-saas-boilerplate-node-apollo-graphql-TS.git

cd backend-saas-boilerplate-node-apollo-graphql-TS

npm install

Step 2

Create a MySQL DB in your local environment (Xampp, Wamp, Laragon, etc).

Step 3

Copy the .env.example file to .env and update the environment variables accordingly.

Step 4

Run the prisma commands to push the schema to the database and generate the client.

npx prisma db push

Step 5

Put some data in the database by running the seed command. (Recommended)

Run the seed

npx prisma db seed  

Step 6

Run the development server.

npm run start

Step 7

Create the admin user:

In the local App

• Go to http://localhost:5173/home (opens in a new tab)
• Click on the "Sign up" button.

In Clerk

• Go to https://dashboard.clerk.com/ (opens in a new tab) and access to your Clerk App
• Create a organization and put the user as owner.
• Edit the organizations and put in publicMetadata this:

{
  "permissions": [
    "superAdmin:totalAccess"
  ]
}