mxids/docs/install/source.md

Install from sources

Instructions

Follow the build instructions then:

1. Prepare files and directories:

# Create a dedicated user
useradd -r mxisd

# Create bin directory
mkdir /opt/mxisd

# Create config directory and set ownership
mkdir -p /etc/opt/mxisd
chown -R mxisd /etc/opt/mxisd

# Create data directory and set ownership
mkdir -p /var/opt/mxisd
chown -R mxisd /var/opt/mxisd

# Copy <repo root>/build/libs/mxisd.jar to bin directory
cp ./build/libs/mxisd.jar /opt/mxisd/
chown mxisd /opt/mxisd/mxisd.jar
chmod a+x /opt/mxisd/mxisd.jar

# Create symlink for easy exec
ln -s /opt/mxisd/mxisd.jar /usr/bin/mxisd

2. Copy the sample config file ./application.example.yaml to /etc/opt/mxisd/mxisd.yaml, edit to your needs
3. Copy src/systemd/mxisd.service to /etc/systemd/system/ and edit if needed
4. Enable service for auto-startup

systemctl enable mxisd

5. Start mxisd

systemctl start mxisd