SETUP.md

docker (recommended)

server setup

if you don't have docker installed yet, go install it then come back

pull the image

docker pull userbyte/simbl:latest

create the container

# change these things:
#     $NAME :: desired container and volume docker name
#     $PORT :: the port you want simbl to be exposed on
#   $SECRET :: some super incredibly secret string
export NAME="simbl" \
export PORT="..." \
export SECRET="..." \
docker create -p $PORT:3000 \
 --volume $NAME:/app \
 --env JWT_SECRET=$SECRET \
 --name $NAME \
 \ --restart always userbyte/simbl:latest

start the container

docker start $NAME

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node (lil more complicated)

server setup

if you don't have node, npm, and yarn installed yet, go install em then come back

clone this github repo

git clone https://github.com/userbyte/simbl
cd simbl

install dependencies

yarn install

set the JWT_SECRET environment variable to something super incredibly secret (required) ⚠

spoooky secret generator api

# .env

JWT_SECRET="something_secret"

build

yarn run build

start

node .next/standalone/server.js

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both node and docker

once your complete with the server setup, open a browser and go to the setup page:

• navigate to 127.0.0.1:3000 (or whatever IP and port you're hosting on)
• go to /setup
• create an account
• go back
• release the shitposts