misskey/docs/setup.en.md

Misskey Setup and Installation Guide

We thank you for your interest in setting up your Misskey server! This guide describes how to install and setup Misskey.

Japanese version also available - 日本語版もあります

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1. reCAPTCHA tokens

Misskey requires reCAPTCHA tokens. Please visit https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/ and generate keys.

(optional) Generating VAPID keys

If you want to enable ServiceWroker, you need to generate VAPID keys:

npm install web-push -g
web-push generate-vapid-keys

2. Install dependencies

Please install and setup these softwares:

Dependencies 📦

• Node.js and npm
• MongoDB
• Redis
• ImageMagick

Optional

• Elasticsearch - used to provide searching feature instead of MongoDB

3. Install Misskey

1. git clone -b master git://github.com/syuilo/misskey.git
2. cd misskey
3. npm install

4. Prepare configuration

1. Copy example.yml of .config directory
2. Rename it to default.yml
3. Edit it

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Or you can generate config file via npm run config command.

5. Build Misskey

1. npm run build

6. That is it.

Well done! Now, you have an environment that run to Misskey.

Launch

Just sudo npm start. GLHF!

Way to Update to latest version of your Misskey

1. git reset --hard && git pull origin master
2. npm install
3. npm run build