Amalgam

Amalgam is websocket server created for supplied all the processes to run a video game inspired in Triple Triad.

• Releases

Live Version

• https://amalgam-showcase.vascoframework.es/

Application Frontend

Amalgam supplies the backend side. You can get the front here:

• Amalgam Front

Amalgam Dev-Tools

Amalgam Dev Tools is a project that was maked with the idea to facilitied the necesary tools to develop in Amalgam and Amalgam Front.

• Amalgam Dev Tools

Base technologies

• PHP 7.3
• Symfony 4.3
• Rachet - PHP Websockets

Requirements

To run this proyect correctly you need to prepare your local machine:

• Debian Buster or greather.
• Php version greather or equal to 7.3.
  • php-xml extension.
  • php-curl extension.
  • php-memcached extension.
  • php-intl extension.
  • php-mysql extension.
• Memcached, last version.
• Mariadb, last version.
• Composer, last version.

Installation instructions

1. Composer

In the root directory run:

composer install

2. Basic Proyect Configuration

1. You must to set the host and the port for your memcached service in config/cache.yaml file. Example:

# This file containt the cache configuration data
connection: 'memcached://amalgam_memcached:11211'
compression: true
serializer: 'igbinary'

2. You must to set the database configuration in config/packages/dev/doctrine.yaml file. Example:

doctrine:
	dbal:
		# Template Example:
		url: mysql://{user}:{password}@{host}:{port}/{database}
		# Live Example 
		url: mysql://amalgam:amalgam@amalgam_mariadb:3306/amalgam

If you need more information you probably would like to check the symfony documentation:

• Doctrine Configuration

Start Websocket Server

The websocket server runs on 8080 port number. At the moment, the port number is a hardcoded value. To start the server execute the custom ws:start command in the root directory:

php bin\console ws:start

SSL and Websockets

If you build the fronted application and you want to use ssl or the PWA feature, you must to set Websocket connection using ssl.

1. Get your certificates.

You can get your certificates for free. Let’s Encryp

2. Enable Apache2 modules

sudo ssl a2enmod proxy proxy_balancer proxy_wstunnel proxy_http

3. Configure your virtual host (Example)

<VirtualHost *:443>
        ServerAdmin [email protected]
        ServerName mydomain.com
        ServerAlias mydomain.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/{route_to_front_app}

        <Directory "/var/www/{route_to_front_app}">
               Options All
               AllowOverride All
               Require all granted
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

        SSLEngine on
        SSLCertificateFile /{route_to__your_app_certificates_folder}/cert.pem
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /{route_to__your_app_certificates_folder/privkey.pem
        SSLCertificateChainFile /{route_to__your_app_certificates_folder/fullchain.pem
        
        ProxyPass /wss2/ ws://mydomain.com:8080/
</VirtualHost>