Support #565
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago
This guide is to document setting up a self-hosted HabitRPG node.
h2. Prepare the system
* Start by updating the system and ports tree:
<pre>
pkg update && pkg upgrade
portsnap fetch extract
</pre>
* Install a few dependencies:
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pkg install bash git mongodb node npm bison
</pre>
* Start and enable mongodb at boot:
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echo 'mongod_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
service mongod start
</pre>
* Add the rpg user
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pw add user -n rpg -m -s /usr/local/bin/bash -c "HabitRPG"
</pre>
h2. Install HabitRPG
* Download the develop branch from GitHub:
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cd /usr/local/www
git clone -b develop https://github.com/HabitRPG/habitrpg.git
cd habitrpg
</pre>
* Install grunt-cli npm package globally
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npm install -g grunt-cli bower phantomjs
</pre>
* Install the npm and bower packages:
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npm install
</pre>
* Create a config file from the example one:
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cp config.json.example config.json
</pre>
* Edit @config.json@ with your values for:
*# *ADMIN_EMAIL*
*# *SMTP_USER*
*# *SMTP_PASS*
*# *SMTP_SERVICE*
* Then seed the database with initial settings:
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node ./website/src/seed.js
</pre>
* Change ownership of the habitrpg directory to the rpg user:
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chown -R rpg:rpg /usr/local/www/habitrpg
</pre>
* Switch to the rpg user:
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su - rpg
cd /usr/local/www/habitrpg
</pre>
* Then run bower update:
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bower update
</pre>
* Start the web application using NPM:
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npm start
</pre>
h. HabitRPG Init Script
* Install pm2:
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npm install -g pm2
</pre>
* Create pm2 FreeBSD init script:
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vi /usr/local/etc/rc.d/habitrpg
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#* and add the following
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#!/bin/sh
# PROVIDE: habitrpg
# KEYWORD: shutdown
. /etc/rc.subr
name="habitrpg"
start_cmd="${name}_start"
stop_cmd="${name}_stop"
habitrpg_start() pm2_start() {
echo "habitrpg starting"
su - rpg -c "/usr/local/bin/pm2 start /usr/local/www/habitrpg/website/src/server.js; exit"
}
habitrpg_stop() pm2_stop() {
echo "habitrpg stopping"
su - rpg -c "/usr/local/bin/pm2 kill; exit"
}
run_rc_command "$1"
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* And make it executable:
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chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/habitrpg
</pre>
* Start and enable pm2 at boot
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echo 'habitrpg_enable="YES"' 'pm2_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
service habitrpg </pre>
* Now start HabitRPG with pm2:
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pm2 start /usr/local/www/habitrpg/website/src/server.js
</pre>
This will start an HTTP server on port 3000, so pointing a web browser there will access the HabitRPG site
h2. Troubleshooting
I encountered a couple of errors while starting the web application.
h3. Failure to start grunt
> failed to locate @import file ../bower_components/angular-loading-bar/build/loading-bar.css Warning: Stylus failed to compile. Used --force, continuing.
You need to update bower and restart the command:
<pre>
bower update
grunt run:dev
</pre>
h3. bower update fails
> Error: EEXIST, rename '.bower-cache/ef2188def21eb1bbd1f1792311942a53/1.2.15-build.2360%2Bsha.6b18a56'
If you encounter this or a similar error when issuing a bower update, perform the following:
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cd .bower-cache/ef2188def21eb1bbd1f1792311942a53/
rm -rf 1.2.15-build.2360%2Bsha.6b18a56
</pre>
The actual names of these directories may differ on your system.
h2. Resources
* http://habitrpg.wikia.com/wiki/Setting_up_HabitRPG_locally
* http://habitrpg.wikia.com/wiki/Guidance_for_Blacksmiths#Git
* http://habitrpg.wikia.com/wiki/Installation_troubleshooting
* https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager
* https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/issues/12963
* https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/issues/157