Install on VDS Linux. How can I close the terminal and the script still running?

[MoeinNS]

Hi, I use Linux version and when I close the terminal your script stop working How can I close the terminal and the script still running?!

[Mik-chan]

You can't close the terminal and expect a process in it to run. But as an option you can create a scheduled task, so it starts whenever your computer starts, or you can use tmux.

[Sanlovty]

Hi, I use Linux version and when I close the terminal your script stop working How can I close the terminal and the script still running?!

Install bot as service on Linux

Setting bot as service allows you to run it in backrgound and easily control.

Installation steps

I. Clone repository

1. Pick folder where you want your bot to be stored: root/example_folder(for example)
2. Open terminal and navigate to this folder: cd root/example_folder
3. Clone bot using git: git clone https://github.com/shamhi/HamsterKombatBot.git
4. Navigate to clonned repository: cd root/example_folder/HamsterKombatBot

II. Setup project

1. Create a virtual enviroment: python3 -m venv venv
2. Activates the virtual environment: source venv/bin/activate
3. Install all Python dependencies: pip3 install -r requirements.txt
4. Create enviroment file from template: cp .env-example .env
5. Setup your needed parameters in .env file using any code editor: nano .env(nano as example)
6. Run main.py and init session.

III. Create service

1. Navigate to system folder where every service is stored using terminal: cd /etc/systemd/system/
2. Create service file with any name you want: sudo touch hamsterbot.service
3. Fill .service file with content using any code editor: sudo nano hamsterbot.service (nano for example) Content:

   [Unit]
   Description=HamsterKombatBotService
   After=network.target
   
   [Service]
   User=root
   WorkingDirectory=/root/example/HamsterKombatBot/
   Environment=PATH=/root/example/HamsterKombatBot/venv/bin/
   ExecStart=/root/example/HamsterKombatBot/venv/bin/python3 /root/example/> HamsterKombatBot/main.py -a 2
   
   Restart=always
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target

   • User= - user u running this service from
   • WorkingDirectory= - path to cloned repository folder
   • Enviroment= - enviroment folder / venv value inserts
   • ExecStart= - runner command

IV. Start service

1. Reload system manager config using terminal: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
2. Enable service, setting it as autostarted: sudo systemctl enable hamsterbot.service

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   Now we are done.

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Service manipulations:

Stop service: sudo systemctl stop hamsterbot.service

Start service: sudo systemctl start hamsterbot.service

Restart service: sudo systemctl restart hamsterbot.service

Check status: sudo systemctl status hamsterbot.service

Check logs: sudo journalctl -u hamsterbot.service

Check logs in real time: sudo journalctl -u hamsterbot.service -f

[Sanlovty]

@MoeinNS @Mik-chan , check this out :3

[MoeinNS]

@Sanlovty Hi bro and thanks for this

could you please create some docs like this for tapswapbot this method worked for tapswapbot but the last update ruined every thing

I describe the problem here

https://github.com/shamhi/TapSwapBot/issues/92

thanks again bro