SmartRead Local Deployment Pitfall Avoidance Guide
Newbies often encounter environment configuration problems when deploying SmartRead, and the following is a systematic solution:
Preventive checklist
- Version Conformance Verification::
- Node.js must be ≥v18
- Python limited to version 3.12
- Docker requires 20.10+
- Four Elements of Key Configuration::
- Mistral_API_KEY Validity
- Groq Endpoint Reachability
- MongoDB connection string format
- Cloudinary three-factor completeness
Troubleshooting Process
- Start the services in order:
- Verify the MongoDB service first
- Starting a Docker backend container
- Finally run the front end
- utilization
docker logs [containerID]View real-time errors - Testing via Postman
http://localhost:8000/docsAPI documentation
Experience has shown that the 90% deployment problem stems from misconfigured environment variables. It is recommended to check the .env file line by line during the first deployment and use theprintenvCommand Verification.
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