If you run your blog as a static site, you might want a microservice/vertical that puts a dynamic comment function. For example, this blog is implemented in HUGO, a “website generator” written in GO for Markdown content.In my case, I customized this Docker compose file for me and started it with “docker-compose -f compose.yml up -d”. I have stored API keys for authentication with Google and Facebook. I also entered mail server settings for interaction with readers.
version: '2'
services:
remark:
image: umputun/remark42:latest
container_name: "remark42"
restart: always
logging:
driver: json-file
options:
max-size: "10m"
max-file: "5"
ports:
- "8050:8080"
environment:
- REMARK_URL=https://www.christian-knedel.de/comments/
- "SECRET=secret"
- SITE=www.adresse.de
- STORE_BOLT_PATH=/srv/var/db
- BACKUP_PATH=/srv/var/backup
volumes:
- ./data:/srv/var
After configuration, the service is ready for use and can be integrated into the website:
<script>
var remark_config = {
host: "https://www.christian-knedel.de/comments",
site_id: 'www.christian-knedel.de',
components: ['embed'],
max_shown_comments: 10,
theme: 'dark',
locale: 'de',
show_email_subscription: false
};
</script>
<script>
(function(c) {
for(var i = 0; i < c.length; i++){
var d = document, s = d.createElement('script');
s.src = remark_config.host + '/web/' +c[i] +'.js';
s.defer = true;
(d.head || d.body).appendChild(s);
}
})(remark_config.components || ['embed']);
</script>
<br>
<hr>
<br>
<div id="remark42"></div>
And this is what Remark42 looks like: