installation.md

installation

https

enabling https is reccomended

 use lighttpd as a reverse proxy and letsencrypt certbot to configure https

 https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/

 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4859956/lighttpd-as-reverse-proxy

requirements

nodejs is required

  https://nodejs.org/en/download/

on ubuntu, screen is required

sudo apt install screen

setup git to cache password

this step is optional.

git config --global credential.helper store

download the repo.

git clone https://github.com/coranos/buildoff.git

next install the code

npm install;

set up the config file

run the below command "new-config" to generate a new config to be used to create the wallets.

npm run new-config;

then create a file called 'config.json'

touch config.json;

then edit the file (vi config.json or nano config.json) and paste the new config.

```js
{
  "cookieSecret": "<hex>"
}
```

run the bot

run the bot inside screen (so it won't die when you log out)

npm run screenstart;

type control-a d to exit screen.

alternate way to run the bot

if you want to run it in the background without checking if it started correctly, run the screen command headless

screen -dmSL buildoff npm start