Installation will be focused on running this bot on Ubuntu.
You will need to use apt to install the following packages.
sudo apt install python3-requests python3-systemd python3-dotenv
This is the only python package that isn't available via the OS's package manager. So we will have to rely on pip3 to
install for us.
pip3 install discord
Next you will want to pull this bot down and install on the system. Keep in mind that it doesn't matter where you clone it to, just be aware of the path since we will use this later when setting up the systemd unit file.
git clone https://github.com/willdeberry/SudoBot.git
Now that the bot is on the server, we need to tell the OS to run the code. This is where systemd comes in.
I placed this unit file where systemd can find it: /etc/systemd/system/sudobot.service
[Unit]
Requires=network-online.target
After=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sudobot
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Replace the path in ExecStart with the path to sudobot.py. This will be different for all depending on where you
performed the clone.
Next, we need to tell systemd that we created a new unit file.
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Now we should be able to start it up.
sudo systemctl start sudobot.service
Then you can ask systemd the status of the unit file to make sure it startup cleanly.
jsmith@ubuntu:/$ sudo systemctl status sudobot.service
● sudobot.service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/sudobot.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-02-21 02:46:06 UTC; 41min ago
Main PID: 110858 (python3)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 1160)
Memory: 30.1M
CGroup: /system.slice/sudobot.service
└─110858 python3 /usr/bin/sudobot