VoxMotoChat - server

 

Starting the server as a service (in screenshot)

Steps:

1. Introduction
2. Creating the voxmotochatserver.service file
3. Creating the voxmotochatserver.sh file
4. Creating config.json
5. Reloading the service
6. Launching
7. Verifying operation
8. Firewall

Step 1

Create the voxmotochatserver user (or any other user, just remember to change the voxmotochatserver entries to your username and the paths appropriate for the created user).

sudo adduser voxmotochatserver 

The server files are in the download section, you need to download the appropriate file and put it in /home/voxmotochatserver


Downloading the appropriate file for the system architecture:

Linux AMD64 (x86-64)

curl -L -o voxmoto-server-amd64 https://voxmotochat.com/download-process?file=%2Ffiles%2Fserver%2Flatest%2Fvoxmotochat-server-amd64

or Linux ARM64 (Raspberry Pi 3+ / Orange Pi 3+)

curl -L -o voxmoto-server-arm64 https://voxmotochat.com/download-process?file=%2Ffiles%2Fserver%2Flatest%2Fvoxmotochat-server-arm64

or Linux ARM32 ( Raspberry Pi 1, 2, Zero, Zero 2 itd,)

curl -L -o voxmoto-server-armv7 https://voxmotochat.com/download-process?file=%2Ffiles%2Fserver%2Flatest%2Fvoxmotochat-server-armv7

Checking if Golang is installed

go version

GoLang installation (if not present in your system)

AlmaLinux

sudo dnf install golang

Debian/Ubuntu/Raspbian

sudo apt update
sudo apt install golang

or

sudo apt install golang-go

Step 2

Create the file /etc/systemd/system/voxmotochatserver.service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/voxmotochatserver.service > /dev/null << 'EOF'
[Unit]
Description=Voxmotochat server screen session
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=voxmotochatserver
WorkingDirectory=/home/voxmotochatserver
ExecStart=/usr/bin/voxmotochatserver.sh
ExecStop=/usr/bin/screen -S voxmotochatserver -X quit
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Step 3

Create the file /usr/bin/voxmotochatserver.sh

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/voxmotochatserver.service > /dev/null << 'EOF'
#!/bin/bash

cd /home/voxmotochatserver
screen -AmdS voxmotochatserver bash -c '
while true; do
    ./voxmotochat-server-amd64
    echo "Server crashed. Restarting in 5 seconds..."
    sleep 5
done
'
EOF

• remember to change voxmotochat-server-amd64 to your file name

Step 4

Create the file /home/voxmotochatserver/config.json

sudo tee /home/voxmotochatserver/config.json > /dev/null << 'EOF'
{
    "server": {
      "port": 27977,
      "bind_address": "0.0.0.0",
      "public_address": "",
      "statusbar": 1,
      "server_name": "Self-Hosted VoxMotoChat Server",
      "public": true,
      "password_protected": false,
      "password_hash": ""
    },
    "logging": {
      "logDir": "logs",
      "filename": "voxmotochat.log",
      "dateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD",
      "maxSize": "50m",
      "maxFiles": "7d",
      "level": "INFO"
    },
    "timeouts": {
      "clientCheckInterval": 20000,
      "clientTimeout": 600000
    }
}
EOF

Step 5

After creating the files, perform the following:

reload services

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

activating the voxmotochatserver service

systemctl enable voxmotochatserver.service

starting the voxmotochatserver service

systemctl start voxmotochatserver.service

Step 6

Log in as user voxmotochatserver e.g.

su voxmotochatserver

Step 7

then

screen -r voxmotochatserver

A screen will appear in the console (you can check the list of running services in screen with the screen -ls command) with the VoxMotoChatServer server console (leave the screen console -> CTRL+A+D). Now you can enter the help command to display the available commands. That's it, the server is running.

8. Firewall

AlmaLinux firewall-cmd:

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=27977/udp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

verification

sudo firewall-cmd --list-ports

or

sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

result: ports: 27977/udp

Debian ufw:

sudo ufw allow 27977/udp

verification

sudo ufw status numbered

result: 27977/udp ALLOW Anywhere

Debian iptables:

sudo apt install iptables-persistent
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 27977 -j ACCEPT
sudo netfilter-persistent save