service-activities-node/doc/Deployment.md

Party activities tracking microservice in Node.js / ES2017

# Deployment Guide <br/> Party Activities Microservice

Party activities microservice can be used in different deployment scenarios.

* [Standalone Process](#process)
* [Seneca Plugin](#seneca)

## <a name="process"></a> Standalone Process

The simplest way to deploy the microservice is to run it as a standalone process. 
This microservice is implemented in JavaScript and requires installation of Node.js. 
You can get it from the official site at https://nodejs.org/en/download

**Step 1.** Download microservices by following [instructions](Download.md)

**Step 2.** Add **config.json** file to the root of the microservice folder and set configuration parameters. 
See [Configuration Guide](Configuration.md) for details.

**Step 3.** Start the microservice using the command:

```bash
node run
```

## <a name="seneca"></a> Seneca Plugin

The SysLog microservice can also be used as a Seneca plugin.
To learn more about Seneca microservices framework to go http://senecajs.org

**Step 1.** Include dependency into **package.json** file:

```javascript
{
    ...
    "dependencies": {
        ....
        "service-activities-node": "^1.0.*",
        ...
    }
}
```

Then install dependencies using **npm**

```javascript
# Install dependencies
npm install

# Update existing dependencies
npm update
```

**Step 2.** Load seneca plugin within your code. 

Configuration parameters for the plugin are identical to the microservice configuration.
See [Configuration Guide](Configuration.md) for details.

```javascript
var seneca = require('seneca')();

var config = {
    logger: { 
        level: 'debug'
    },
    persistence: {
        type: 'file',
        path: 'activities.json'
    }
};

var plugin = require('service-activities-node').ActivitiesSenecaPlugin;

seneca.use(pugin, config);
```

You can use the microservice by calling seneca commands directly as described in [Seneca Protocol](SenecaProtocolV1.md)
or by using [ActivitiesSenecaClient](https://bitbucket.org/entinco/eic-services-users/src/master/client-activities-node/NodeClientApiV1.md/#client_seneca)