${REPO_NAME}

Express 5 + TypeScript backend generated from nholtware/service-template-express.

Endpoints

• GET /healthz liveness, always 200 once listening
• GET /readyz readiness: Postgres SELECT 1 and Redis PING for whichever of DATABASE_URL / REDIS_URL are set; 503 + JSON reason otherwise
• GET / service name, version (git sha), pod, a service_info row, Redis hit counter

Local dev

cp .env.example .env   # then export the vars, or use your shell's env loader
npm ci && npm run dev
npm run lint && npm test

Env is validated at boot (src/lib/config.ts): PORT, SERVICE_NAME (required), LOG_LEVEL, DATABASE_URL?, REDIS_URL?. Migrations: SQL files in migrations/, applied with npm run migrate. Logs: one JSON object per line on stdout (level,time,msg,service,version, plus req.*/res.statusCode/responseTime per request).

Using this template

1. Generate a repo from this template in Forgejo (public). ${REPO_NAME} is substituted into package.json, this README, .env.example, the CI workflow, and the first migration.
2. Set 3 Actions secrets on the new repo: REGISTRY_USER (nholtware), REGISTRY_TOKEN (registry push token), GITOPS_TOKEN (ci-bot gitops token).
3. Add gitops entries: render templates/backend/ (see its README) into manifests/<app>/ and add apps/<app>.yaml in nholtware/gitops.
4. Push to main. Generating a repo emits no push event, so CI only starts on your first push.