Upload Files

In this step, you will upload the VitNode files to your server.

Prepare script

Before uploading the files, you need to prepare the deploy.sh script. This script will install the dependencies, configure the app, and start the server. Edit the deploy.sh script and change this values:

# Environment variables
DOMAIN_MAIN_NAME="your_website.com"
DOMAIN_FRONTEND_NAME="your_website.com"
DOMAIN_BACKEND_NAME="backend.your_website.com"
EMAIL="contact@your_website.com"
DB_USER=$(openssl rand -base64 8) # Generate a random 8-character username
DB_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 12)  # Generate a random 12-character password
DB_DATABASE="vitnode"
LOGIN_TOKEN_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32)  # Generate a random 32-character secret

Most important values are DOMAIN_MAIN_NAME, DOMAIN_FRONTEND_NAME, DOMAIN_BACKEND_NAME and EMAIL. You can leave the rest as is.

Create a New Directory

First, create a new directory on your server where you will upload the files. You can create a directory with the following command:

mkdir /home/{user}/vitnode

Manually Upload Files

You can manually upload the files to your server using an FTP client.

From Git

sudo apt install git -y

git clone {repository_url}

Run the Script

After uploading the files, run the deploy.sh script to install the dependencies, configure the app, and start the server.

bash deploy.sh