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Rantimator

Let's howl at the moon!

Message @RantimatorBot on Telegram.

Find your howl on rants.tsak.net

Config

Copy .env.sample to .env and set the following environment variables:

TOKEN=<TELEGRAM BOT TOKEN>
ADDRESS=<LISTEN ADDRESS WITH PORT>
DEBUG=1 # Enables debug mode if DEBUG is set to a non-empty value

Build

go build

Run

./rantimator

Run as a systemd service

See rantimator.service systemd service definition.

To install (tested on Ubuntu 16.04):

1. adduser rantimator
2. copy rantimator binary as well as .env file to /home/rantimator
3. place systemd service script in /lib/systemd/system/
4. sudo systemctl enable rantimator.service
5. sudo systemctl start rantimator
6. sudo journalctl -f -u rantimator

The last command will show if the service was started.