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 You should create a public/private key pair for SSH before creating your VM, for many providers, this will allow you to have passwordless SSH access. You should create a public/private key pair for SSH before creating your VM, for many providers, this will allow you to have passwordless SSH access.
 +
 +==== Windows Users ====
 +
 +Windows Users should [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10|Install WSL2]] on a recent version of Windows 10 followed by [[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ubuntu-2004-lts/9n6svws3rx71?activetab=pivot:overviewtab|Ubuntu 20.04]] in the Windows Store, then install [[Docker Desktop for Windows]].
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 +With the above in place, you can then refer to [[install:docker|Install Synchronet for Docker]] and disregard any Docker or UFW directions below.
 +
  
 ===== Installing Ubuntu Server ===== ===== Installing Ubuntu Server =====
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 You should start with a fresh install of Ubuntu Server.  You should use the latest LTS version (As of today, 20.04). If you want to use a web host, you can use [[https://www.digitalocean.com/|Digital Ocean]], [[https://www.linode.com/|Linode]] or almost any other Linux VPS provider. You should start with a fresh install of Ubuntu Server.  You should use the latest LTS version (As of today, 20.04). If you want to use a web host, you can use [[https://www.digitalocean.com/|Digital Ocean]], [[https://www.linode.com/|Linode]] or almost any other Linux VPS provider.
  
-I would suggest using a VPS with at least 2GB Ram, even though you can get by with less, I would not recommend this.+It is recommended to use a VPS with at least 2GB Ram for Docker usage.
  
 When creating your Droplet/VM, specify a host name that matches the name the server will use such as foo.synchro.net or foo.bbs.io. When creating your Droplet/VM, specify a host name that matches the name the server will use such as foo.synchro.net or foo.bbs.io.
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 ===== Installing Docker ===== ===== Installing Docker =====
  
-I'm using the [[https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/|instructions from docker.com]] here for x86_64, you can use the instructions on that site for other platforms.+The instructions in this section are copied from docker.org for x86_64, for other platforms [[https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/|click here]].
  
 If using a VPS with root, you can omit the //sudo// portion of the commands below. If using a VPS with root, you can omit the //sudo// portion of the commands below.
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     sudo apt-get update     sudo apt-get update
 +    
     sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io     sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
          
 Finally, in addition to the instructions on docker.com, install //docker-compose// Finally, in addition to the instructions on docker.com, install //docker-compose//
 +
 +    sudo apt-get install docker-compose
  
 ===== Installing Synchronet ===== ===== Installing Synchronet =====
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 After installing Synchronet, you should enable the ports that Synchronet expects to use. After installing Synchronet, you should enable the ports that Synchronet expects to use.
  
-    ufw enable  +    ufw allow 80 
-    ufw enable 80 +    ufw allow 443 
-    ufw enable 443 +    ufw allow 1123 
-    ufw enable 1123 +    ufw allow 11235 
-    ufw enable 11235 +    ufw allow 21 
-    ufw enable 21 +    ufw allow 22 
-    ufw enable 22 +    ufw allow 23 
-    ufw enable 23 +    ufw allow 513 
-    ufw enable 513 +    ufw allow 64 
-    ufw enable 64 +    ufw allow 128 
-    ufw enable 128 +    ufw allow 25 
-    ufw enable 25 +    ufw allow 587 
-    ufw enable 587 +    ufw allow 465 
-    ufw enable 465 +    ufw allow 110 
-    ufw enable 110 +    ufw allow 995 
-    ufw enable 995 +    ufw allow 119 
-    ufw enable 119 +    ufw allow 563 
-    ufw enable 563 +    ufw allow 18 
-    ufw enable 18 +    ufw allow 11 
-    ufw enable 11 +    ufw allow 17 
-    ufw enable 17 +    ufw allow 79 
-    ufw enable 79 +    ufw allow 6667 
-    ufw enable 6667+ 
 +===== Remote Editing ===== 
 + 
 +In order to make life easier, you may consider installing [[https://code.visualstudio.com/download|Visual Studio Code]] and then install the [[https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack|Remote Development]] extension pack, which will allow for SSH and WSL remote editing. 
 + 
 +The following contents in //sbbs/.vscode/settings.json// will make using VS Code easier and align well with the files in your //sbbs// directory.
  
 +    {
 +      "files.associations": {
 +        "*.ssjs": "javascript",
 +      },
 +      "[plaintext]": {
 +        "files.encoding": "cp437",
 +        "editor.renderControlCharacters": true,
 +      }
 +    }
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[:howto:|howto index]]   * [[:howto:|howto index]]

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