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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"
```
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# 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