How to self host

Don't want our public instance! Don't worry, the folks at ClaraDev would help you how to get through your crippling depression a instance of this bot up and running on your own PC or a Hoster.

Self-Hosting (your local PC way)

We would recommend :

• a really decent connection.
• at least a dual-core Processor. 1.5-2+ GHz should fit well. However for VPSes, a single core would suffice.
• at least 1GB RAM.
• 10GB of Free Disk space.

You would need the following for the bot to work properly:

• imagemagick

• Node v6.10.0 LTS or Above

• Node Version Manager (if Linux)

• build-essential for Linux / Visual Studio 2015/2017 or Higher with C++ Tools and Build Tools Installed for Windows (needed by node-gyp)

• Python 2.7.11 or Python 3.4 (or both) for node-gyp

• Git (Optional)

• PM2 or NodeMon

• RethinkDB

Installing dependencies:

For windows:

You can grab the dependencies on the following websites:

• Node.js
• Python
• Visual Studio (yes, you need this)
• Git

after getting what we need, we can now proceed getting the bot source

• Via Releases head over to the Clara Releases and pick your version. Usually you would pick the latest release but if you like living on the edge, the beta releases are there for you.

After getting the source via a ZIP or TAR, extract it to whatever you want it to be then cd through your folder, and run npm install:

cd yourfolder
npm i --save

After Node.js has finally finished, we need to grab a watchdog, a watchdog is a a task manager for your backend apps.

We would use PM2 for this instance.

npm i -g pm2

Note: The -g argument installs a package globally. useful if your package has a CLI Interface.

after that, we run the bot!

The non-PM2 way : node ./src/bot

The PM2 way : pm2 start -n appname ./src/pm2.json

• via Git

Git clone the repository on wherever you like it to be

git clone https://github.com/awau/Clara

then grab your dependencies as usual

npm i --save

After Node.js has finally finished, we need to grab a watchdog, a watchdog is a a task manager for your backend apps.

We would use PM2 for this instance.

npm i -g pm2

Note: The -g argument installs a package globally. useful if your package has a CLI Interface.

after that, we run the bot!

The non-PM2 way : node ./src/bot

The PM2 way : ``pm2 start -n appname ./src/pm2.json`

For Linux

yes, if you're hackerman and if you feel Windblows Windows is too moe for this app, you can use Linux to operate it.

Of course, depending on distro, you have all of the other dependencies installed, mostly Python and GCC but if you want to make sure, check if you have build-essential, if no, grab it using your favourite package manager. Do not also forget to install ffmpeg since you need it for music.

• Via Releases head over to the Clara Releases and pick your version. Usually you would pick the latest release but if you like living on the edge, the beta releases are there for you.

After getting the source via a ZIP or TAR, extract it to whatever you want it to be then cd through your folder, and run npm install:

cd yourfolder
npm i --save

After Node.js has finally finished, we need to grab a watchdog, a watchdog is a a task manager for your backend apps.

We would use PM2 for this instance.

npm i -g pm2

Note: The -g argument installs a package globally. useful if your package has a CLI Interface.

after that, we run the bot!

The non-PM2 way : node ./src/bot

The PM2 way : pm2 start -n appname ./src/pm2.json

• via Git

Git clone the repository on wherever you like it to be

git clone https://github.com/awau/Clara

then grab your dependencies as usual

npm i --save

After Node.js has finally finished, we need to grab a watchdog, a watchdog is a a task manager for your backend apps.

We would use PM2 for this instance.

npm i -g pm2

Note: The -g argument installs a package globally. useful if your package has a CLI Interface.

after that, we run the bot!

The non-PM2 way : node ./src/bot

The PM2 way : ``pm2 start -n appname ./src/pm2.json`

But dad, I want a much more better way!

Oh, if you feel your PC is too shit or your net would hit ratelimits by just using this, you can use a hoster

Typically, the most used hosters are DigitalOcean , Microsoft Azure or Scaleway. Most of them offer Windows or Linux Servers.

peppynote: if you picked DigitalOcean from the links below, you're in luck because the link includes a 10$ referral link, so basically you're supporting our hosting efforts and also you get free monies.