Authentication boilerplate in Node.js with security and scalability in mind.

• login/logout/register + session expiry
• email verification ("Confirm your email")
• password reset ("Forgot password")
• password confirmation ("Re-enter your password")
• persistent login ("Remember me")
• account lockout ("Too many failed login attempts")
• rate limiting ("Too many requests")

• node and npm (e.g. using nvm)
• docker and docker-compose
  • could also use a local mongodb-org and redis-server
  • otherwise, a remote service e.g. Atlas/mLab and Redis Labs

# (Linux) Must export UID to have the right permissions
export UID

# Boot MongoDB & Redis containers, and launch a local Express server
npm run up