Carsties

Carsties — Microservices Udemy Course Repository (2026 version)

This is the repo for the remastered version of the Udemy course, released September 2026.

• Previous (2025) version: carsties-2025
• 2024 version: carsties-2024
• 2023 version: carsties-2023

You can see how this app was made by taking the Udemy course.

Running the app locally

1. Clone the repo onto your machine, in a user folder:

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   git clone https://github.com/TryCatchLearn/carsties.git

2. Change into the project directory:

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   cd carsties

3. Ensure Docker Desktop is installed. If not, download it and follow the install instructions for your OS here.

4. Build the services locally (this may take several minutes):

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   docker compose build

5. Once the build completes, start the services:

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   docker compose up -d

6. To run the app over HTTPS, install mkcert from here. Then install the local Certificate Authority:

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   mkcert -install

7. Generate a certificate and key to replace the ones used in the course. Change into the devcerts directory and run:

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   cd devcerts
   mkcert -key-file carsties.local.key -cert-file carsties.local.crt app.carsties.test api.carsties.test id.carsties.test

8. Add an entry to your hosts file so you can reach the app by domain name (see this guide if needed):

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   127.0.0.1 id.carsties.test app.carsties.test api.carsties.test

9. You should now be able to browse to the app at https://app.carsties.test