verifywise

Installation

The VerifyWise application has two components: a frontend built with React.js and a backend built with Node.js. At present, you can use npm (for development) or Docker/Kubernetes (production) to run VerifyWise. A PostgreSQL database is required.

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Installation using npm (for development)

Prerequisites:

• npm and Docker
• Python 3.12+ (for EvalServer)
• A running PostgreSQL, preferably as a Docker image (eg. using docker pull postgres:latest)
• Available ports: 5173 (frontend), 3000 (backend), 5432 (database), 6379 (Redis), 8000 (EvalServer)

Step 1: Clone, install dependencies, and set up databases

First, clone the repository to your local machine and go to verifywise directory. Then, navigate to the Clients directory and install the dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/bluewave-labs/verifywise.git
cd verifywise
cd Clients
npm install
cd ../Servers
npm install

Go to the root directory and copy the contents of .env.dev to the .env file. For security, you must set a strong and unpredictable JWT_SECRET in your .env file. This secret is used to sign and verify your JWT tokens, so it must be kept private and cryptographically secure. You can generate a 256-bit base64-encoded secret using openssl rand -base64 32.

cd ..
cp .env.dev Servers/.env

In .env file, change FRONTEND_URL and set your super admin credentials:

FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:5173
SUPERADMIN_EMAIL=admin@verifywise.com
SUPERADMIN_PASSWORD=ChangeMe!Str0ng

Important: Change SUPERADMIN_PASSWORD to a strong password (minimum 8 characters). These credentials are used to create the initial super admin account on first setup.

Note: CORS is automatically configured to allow requests from the same host (localhost, 127.0.0.1) where the backend is running.

Run the PostgreSQL container with the following command:

docker run -d --name mypostgres -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD={env variable password} postgres

Run redis with following command:

docker run -d --name myredis -p 6379:6379 redis

Access the PostgreSQL container and create the verifywise database:

docker exec -it mypostgres psql -U postgres
CREATE DATABASE verifywise;

Step 2: Set up EvalServer (for LLM evaluations)

EvalServer is a Python-based service that handles LLM evaluations. If you want to use the evaluation features, follow these steps:

cd EvalServer
python3.12 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up the environment file. You can copy the minimal .env.example file in the EvalServer directory:

cp .env.example .env

Step 3: Start the application

Navigate to the EvalServer/src directory, activate the virtual environment (if not already activated), and start the server:

cd EvalServer/src
source ../venv/bin/activate
python app.py

Navigate to the Servers directory and start the server in watch mode:

cd Servers
npm run watch

Navigate to the Clients directory and start the client in development mode:

cd Clients
npm run dev

Note: Make sure to replace {env variable password} with the actual password from your environment variables.

Note: On a fresh setup, a super admin account is created automatically using the SUPERADMIN_EMAIL and SUPERADMIN_PASSWORD environment variables. Log in with these credentials, then create an organization and invite users to get started. The login page will display a banner guiding you through this process.

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Installation using Docker (production)

First, ensure you have the following installed:

• npm
• Docker
• Docker Compose

Create a directory in your desired folder:

mkdir verifywise
cd verifywise

Download the required files using wget:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bluewave-labs/verifywise/develop/install.sh
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bluewave-labs/verifywise/develop/.env.prod

Make sure to change the JWT_SECRET