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+# Installation on Debian
+These are instructions for the installation of draupnir from source on Debian  
+This installation method is intended for experienced sysadmins.
+
+## Installation
+install git curl and sudo
+```shell
+apt update && apt install -y git curl sudo
+```
+install node 18 from the node source repo, the full instructions can be found at https://github.com/nodesource/distributions
+```shell
+curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
+bash nodesource_setup.sh
+apt update && apt install nodejs -y
+```
+install yarn via npm
+```shell
+npm install --global yarn                                                                                                                    # install yarn via npn
+```
+create the directory to clone the repo
+```shell
+mkdir /opt/mod-bot  
+```
+clone the repo and fetch the tags
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/the-draupnir-project/Draupnir.git /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir
+```
+```shell
+git -C /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir fetch --tags
+```
+create the directory for draupnirs datastorage
+```shell
+mkdir /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir/datastorage
+```
+add typescript and corepack
+```shell
+yarn global add corepack
+```
+add a user to run the bot  
+this user will be used by systemd to run the bot since there is no need to run it with root permissions
+```shell
+useradd -m draupnir  
+```
+give ownership of the draupnir directory to the bot user
+```shell
+chown -R draupnir:draupnir /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir
+```
+build the bot with yarn
+```shell
+sudo -u draupnir bash -c "cd /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir && yarn install"
+sudo -u draupnir bash -c "cd /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir && yarn build"
+```
+## Edit the config
+copy the default config to production.yaml
+```shell
+cp /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir/config/default.yaml /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir/config/production.yaml
+```
+change the path of the datadirectory from the default to the directory we created earlier since the default dir is for the docker setup
+```shell
+sed -i 's|dataPath: "/data/storage"|dataPath: "/opt/mod-bot/Draupnir/datastorage"|' /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir/config/production.yaml  
+```
+edit the production config:  
+the most important things to configure are the `homeserverUrl:`, the `rawHomeserverUrl:`, the `accessToken:` and the `managementRoom:`
+```shell
+nano /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir/config/production.yaml
+```
+
+## Example systemd service
+copy this to `/etc/systemd/system/draupnir.service` and enable with `systemctl enable draupnir`, then simply start with `systemctl start draupnir`  
+
+:::tip
+
+before you attempt to start the service, make sure that the management room for draupnir exists on your homeserver and is joinable by draupnir (either public room or invite the bot account in advance)
+
+:::
+
+```ini
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Draupnir
+#After=matrix-synapse.service       # You can enable this if your matrix server is synapse, otherwise you might want to change it to the service that starts your homeserver
+#After=matrix-synapse.target        # You can enable this if your matrix server is synapse and you have installed workers via the official instructions
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir/lib/index.js --draupnir-config /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir/config/production.yaml
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/mod-bot/Draupnir
+Restart=always
+User=draupnir
+Environment=PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
+Environment=NODE_ENV=production
+SyslogIdentifier=draupnir
+
+ReadWritePaths=/opt/mod-bot/Draupnir
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+PrivateDevices=yes
+PrivateTmp=yes
+ProtectHome=yes
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectControlGroups=true
+RestrictSUIDSGID=true
+RestrictRealtime=true
+LockPersonality=true
+ProtectKernelLogs=true
+ProtectKernelTunables=true
+ProtectHostname=true
+ProtectKernelModules=true
+PrivateUsers=true
+ProtectClock=true
+SystemCallArchitectures=native
+SystemCallErrorNumber=EPERM
+SystemCallFilter=@system-service
+# EnvironmentFile=-/path/to/env/file  # Optional: if you want to load environment variables from a file
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+## Updating the bot
+if you want to update && upgrade everything, use the draupnir useraccount in order to not create conflicts with filepermissions/ownerships
+
+stop the bot
+```shell
+systemctl stop draupnir
+```
+pull updates from github with
+```shell
+sudo -u draupnir bash -c "cd /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir && git pull && git fetch --tags"
+```
+install/update yarn
+```shell
+sudo -u draupnir bash -c "cd /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir && yarn install"
+```
+build the bot
+```shell
+sudo -u draupnir bash -c "cd /opt/mod-bot/Draupnir && yarn build"
+```
+
+then simply start the bot again with
+```shell
+systemctl restart draupnir
+```