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## Pre-Installation
You will need a server of your own, or you can rent a VPS server on any service you like. Minimum requirements for about 15 users are 2GB of RAM and a Linux Server. It is better if the server is dedicated as whole to Yotter as it will improve performance and security.
You will need a server of your own, or you can rent a VPS server on any service you like. Minimum requirements for about 20 users are 2GB of RAM and a Linux Server. It is better if the server is dedicated as whole to Yotter as it will improve performance and security.
First of all, you will need to set up a new user on the server. For security reasons you should never use a `root` user to set up a service. If you already have a non-root user you can use that one and skip the following steps.
We will create a user named `ubuntu` as I will be setting this up on an ubuntu machine. So, if you choose a different username make sure you replace it on future commands. We will create and login to the user as follows:
```
$ adduser --gecos "" ubuntu
$ usermod -aG sudo ubuntu
$ su ubuntu
# adduser --gecos "" ubuntu
# usermod -aG sudo ubuntu
# su ubuntu
```
Now you should be logged in. Make sure to set up a good password. It is recommended to use ssh keys to log-in remotelly and disable the password login on all users.
### Step 1: Base setup
1. Connect to your server via SSH or direct access.
- `ssh ubuntu@<ipaddress>`
- [x] (Recommended) Set up password-less login with ssh-keys.
2. Install base dependencies:
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> When installing MySQL-server it will prompt for a root password. Set up a password of your like, this will be the MySQL databases master password and will be required later, so don't forget it!
> If after the MySQL-server installation you have not been prompted a password for the `root` user, run `sudo mysql_secure_installation`
If after the MySQL-server installation you have not been prompted to create a password for the `root` user, run `sudo mysql_secure_installation`
3. Clone this repository and acccess folder:
* `git clone https://github.com/pluja/Yotter`
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location /static {
# handle static files directly, without forwarding to the application
alias /home/ubuntu/Yotter/app/static;
alias </path/to>/Yotter/app/static;
expires 30d;
}
}
```
Make sure to replace `<yourdomain>` by the domain you are willing to use for your instance (i.e example.com).
* Run `sudo service nginx reload`
You will also need to change the `</path/to>` after `alias` to fit your system. You have to point to the Yotter folder, in this set up it would be `/home/ubuntu` as it is the location where we cloned the Yotter app. This alias is created to handle static files directly, without forwarding to the application.
Once done, you can run `sudo service nginx reload`
Now you need to install an SSL certificate on your server so you can use HTTPS:
[Follow this instructions to install certbot and generate an ssl certificate so your server can use HTTPS](https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/ubuntufocal-nginx)
> Note that you will have to create an 'A Record' on the DNS of your domain to point to the IP of your server.
## Updating the server
Updating the server should always be pretty easy:
Updating the server should always be pretty easy. These steps need to be run on the Yotter folder and with the python virtual env activated.
```
(venv) $ git pull