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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 18 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | init.sh | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 16 deletions
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Follow these steps to install everything required for the project to run. ## Install the FoodJS repository -Just clone it from github. If you want the server to be able to update itself automatically without modifying `init.sh`, you will have to do this in your home folder. +Just clone it from github. ``` git clone "https://github.com/JoelHMikael/FoodJS.git" ``` @@ -134,18 +134,14 @@ INSERT INTO devs (name, description, contact) VALUES ('[name]', '[description]', > Insert the values in the quotation marks, don't change the text before the `VALUES` keyword. # Automatic server code updates -You can make the server update itself from github. To make this work, move `~/FoodJS/init.sh` to `~/init.sh`: -``` -mv ~/FoodJS/init.sh ~/init.sh -``` -This script should run at reboot, so next up you will have to set up some cronjobs: +You can make the server update itself from github. The code that updates everything is in the FoodJS folder (top-level of repository) in the file `init.sh`. It should run at reboot and it should have the environment variable PATH_TO_LYLLRUOKA set pointing to the FoodJS folder. -To your crontab: -``` -@reboot ~/init.sh -``` -To the crontab of **root** (you may have to update the shutdown path): +Add to **roots** crontab (run `sudo crontab -e`): ``` +@reboot PATH_TO_LYLLRUOKA=[the path] [the path]/init.sh +# For example: +# @reboot PATH_TO_LYLLRUOKA='/home/foobar/FoodJS' /home/foobar/FoodJS/init.sh + 0 0 * * 7 /sbin/shutdown -r ``` If you need to troubleshoot the initialization, you can find both normal and error logs in /tmp/slogs (text file)
\ No newline at end of file @@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ exec 2>>/tmp/slogs echo | date echo "Init running" -cd ~ - echo "Removing old packages..." -rm -rf ./FoodJS +rm -rf $PATH_TO_LYLLRUOKA echo "Waiting for connection..." while [ ! "$(ping 'www.github.com' -c 1)" ] @@ -19,5 +17,5 @@ echo "Cloning new packages..." git clone "https://github.com/JoelHMikael/FoodJS.git" echo "Starting server..." -cd ~/FoodJS -node ./server.js +cd $PATH_TO_LYLLRUOKA +node server.js |