cecibot

Installation Instructions

1. Install Node.js and PM2:

   # Install Node.js
   curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
   sudo apt-get install -y nodejs build-essential
   
   # Install PM2
   sudo npm install pm2@latest -g
   

2. Configure PM2:

   # Ensure that PM2 will be restarted on reboot
   pm2 startup
   
   # Link PM2 to [Keymetrics]
   pm2 link <KEYMETRICS_SECRET> <KEYMETRICS_PUBLIC>
   

3. Install redis-stat:

   sudo apt-get install -y ruby-all-dev
   sudo gem install redis-stat
   

4. Install fonts for Chinese characters:

   sudo apt-get install -y fonts-wqy-zenhei ttf-wqy-microhei
   

5. Ensure that the following directories exist (if not, make them):

   ~/.cecibot/backend
   ~/.cecibot/email
   ~/.cecibot/telegram
   

6. Use StevenBlack's hosts to block adware & malware:

   sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts -O /etc/hosts
   sudo ifdown --exclude=lo -a && sudo ifup --exclude=lo -a
   

   • You should update your hosts file regularly (preferably every week, or at least once a month), using the same commands.

7. Install the latest version of Python 3:

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install -y python3.6 python3.6-dev
   

8. Install pip:

   wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -O - | python3.6 - --user
   

9. Install redis using chris-leas PPA:

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/redis-server
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install -y redis-server
   

10. Symlink web/ in nginx

    sudo rm -rf html/
    sudo ln -s ~/cecibot/web/ ./html
    

The Backend

1. Install all the dependencies of the backend:

   # Dependencies of Chromium
   sudo apt-get install libx11-xcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1\
     libxi6 libxtst6 libnss3 libcups2 libxss1 libxrandr2 libasound2\
     libpangocairo-1.0-0 libatk1.0-0 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0
   
   python3.6 -m pip install --user pyppeteer redis requests
   

Frontends

E-Mail

1. Install all the dependencies of the E-Mail frontend:

   python3.6 -m pip install --user flask redis boto3
   

2. Save your AWS credentials at ~/.aws/credentials:

   [default]
   aws_access_key_id=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
   aws_secret_access_key=YOUR_SECRET_KEY
   

3. Set the default AWS region at ~/.aws/config:

   [default]
   region=eu-west-1
   

Telegram

1. Install all the dependencies of the Telegram frontend:

   python3.6 -m pip install --user python-telegram-bot redis
   

The Web

1. Install nginx:

   sudo apt install nginx
   

2. Install Certbot for Let's Encrypt and follow all of the instructions on their website to get an HTTPS certificate for both cecibot.com and www.cecibot.com with HTTP -> HTTPS redirection enabled for both:

   https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/ubuntuxenial-nginx

Running

1. redis-stat

   redis-stat --server=63790 --daemon