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# LoopBack Boot
A convention-based bootstrapper for LoopBack applications.
For full documentation, see the official StrongLoop documentation: [Defining boot scripts](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb2/Defining-boot-scripts) and [Creating a LoopBack application](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb2/Creating-an-application).
## Overview
The loopback-boot module initializes (bootstraps) a LoopBack application. Specifically, it:
- Configures data-sources.
- Defines custom models
- Configures models and attaches models to data-sources.
- Configures application settings
- Runs additional boot scripts, so you can put custom setup code in multiple small files instead of in the main application file.
For more information, see [Defining boot scripts](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb2/Defining-boot-scripts).
### Version notes
The version range `1.x` is backwards compatible with `app.boot` provided
by LoopBack 1.x versions and the project layout scaffolded by `slc lb project`
up to slc version 2.5.
The version range `2.x` supports the new project layout as scaffolded by
`yo loopback`.
This document describes the configuration conventions of the `2.x` versions.
## Installation
npm install loopback-boot
## Usage
```js
var loopback = require('loopback');
var boot = require('loopback-boot');
var app = loopback();
boot(app, __dirname);
app.use(loopback.rest());
app.listen();
```
See [API docs](http://apidocs.strongloop.com/loopback-boot/) for
complete API reference.
## License
This module is provided under dual MIT/StrongLoop license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.