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Manual Installation

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Requirements: Node.js

Clone 4ga Boards repository into a directory of your choice. (e.g. /var/www/4gaBoards)

mkdir -p /var/www/4gaBoards
cd /var/www/4gaBoards
git clone https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards.git .

Install dependencies (You can use yarn or pnpm instead of npm)

npm i

Build client

npm run client:build

Copy build to the server directory

cp -r client/build server/public
cp client/build/index.html server/views/index.ejs

Copy environment variables file

cp server/.env.sample server/.env

Configure environment variables (You could use nano, vim, etc. to edit .env file)

nano server/.env

Edit BASE_URL to match your domain name or IP address.
Edit SECRET_KEY with a random value. You can generate it by openssl rand -hex 64.
Edit DATABASE_URL with database url in the following format: postgresql://<username>:<password>@<host>/<database_name>.

Note: Before continuing, make sure your selected database is created and running.

Copy start script from the root directory to the server directory and start the server.

cp start.sh server
cd server
./start.sh
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Default 4ga Boards url: http://localhost:1337
Default user: demo
Default password: demo

Additional Links:
4ga Boards Professional Hosting