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<title>How to run Oasis, a Secure Scuttlebutt client, on a remote server</title>
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<p>This tutorial assumes you already have a functioning Node.js and Caddy installation.</p>
<ol type="1">
<li>Install Oasis.</li>
</ol>
<code>git clone https://github.com/fraction/oasis.git<br />cd oasis<br />npm install</code>
<p>Test the installation by running <code>node .</code> (yes, including the period).</p>
<ul>
<li>If the output stops after a few lines and isn't an obvious Node error, hit Control and C at the same time to exit; you're ready for the <code>systemd</code> file.</li>
<li>If you get an error about port 3000 already being in use, use the command <code>node . --port PORTNUMBER</code> instead, where <code>PORTNUMBER</code> is any open port you want.</li>
</ul>
<p>If your instance immediately throws <a href="https://github.com/fraction/oasis/issues/718#issuecomment-927379995">an error about <code>ssb.friends.get</code></a>:</p>
<code>git checkout 4e8f7426a4eb1d95f6e55cf894a3168f523f8af8<br />rm -rf node_modules<br />npm install</code>
<ol start="2" type="1">
<li>Prepare the <code>systemd</code> daemon file.</li>
</ol>
<p>Edit <code>/lib/systemd/system/oasis.service</code> as root with your favorite text editor. Paste the following:</p>
<pre>
[Unit]
Description=Oasis client for Secure Scuttlebutt
After=network.target
[Service]
User=YourUsername
Group=YourUsername
ExecStart=/path/to/your/node/binary . --port 8787
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/where/you/cloned/oasis/
TimeoutStopSec=5s
LimitNOFILE=1048576
PrivateTmp=true
ProtectSystem=full
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
</pre>
<p>Replace <code>/path/to/your/node/binary</code> with whatever comes up when you run <code>which node</code>. You may need to change this if you update Node.</p>
<ol start="3" type="1">
<li>Edit your Caddyfile. (This will probably also require root.)</li>
</ol>
<pre>
yourdomain.tld {
reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:PORTNUMBER {
header_up Host 127.0.0.1
header_up Referer http://localhost
}
basicauth * {
AnyUsernameYouWant EXTREMELYLONGCADDYHASHHERE
}
}
</pre>
<p><code>EXTREMELYLONGCADDYHASHHERE</code> is used instead of an actual password so you don't have cleartext credentials hanging around. Generate this with <code>caddy hash-password</code>. Make sure you save your actual password in a password manager, as you can't reverse a hash!</p>
<p>The <code>header_up</code> lines are there to trick Oasis into thinking it is running on a local machine, as it (very aggressively) wants to be. Normally this would be true, as Secure Scuttlebutt is peer-to-peer and intended to be run on a personal device that may see intermittent internet connectivity. However, if you're looking at this tutorial, you probably want to host a public peer as an <em>actually functioning</em> alternative to a <a href="https://github.com/ssbc/ssb-server">pub</a> or <a href="https://github.com/ssb-ngi-pointer/go-ssb-room/">room</a>.</p>
<ol start="4" type="1">
<li>Get everything running.</li>
</ol>
<code>sudo systemctl daemon-reload<br />sudo systemctl restart caddy<br />sudo systemctl start oasis &amp;&amp; sudo systemctl enable oasis</code>
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It's been
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too long since the flood,
too long since I've buried myself,
cursing the hallowed sun.
Another day,
another pain,
another reminder why I should restrain
this desperate yearning to be at your side.
I can't control myself, you insist,
can't care for myself, can't abide
by a single plea:
*wait for me
until the war is done.*
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the frights
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Little said, but oft reply
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Eris' death,
the shatter of masks,
our withdrawal for some time
into this world I've somehow made
without Seliph's curse,
without my sacrifice.
How many times have you asked
what I would do once that day passed?
How long 'til I set down
this crown,
bade job goodbye,
convince parents and friends
that, although I disappear,
I'm off to a place where I'll be alright?
Don't come looking for me,
don't waste your "precious" fruitless time.
Your daughter was a sinner,
passionate, iniquitous,
desiring, delirious, divine.
It's been
too long since I've haunted here,
since I've had to justify
my right
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<p><a href="./oasis.html">Run Oasis, a Secure Scuttlebutt client, on a remote server</a></p>
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<p>published: 2021-11-13</p>
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<p>This tutorial assumes you already have a functioning Node.js and Caddy installation.</p>
<ol type="1">
<li>Install Oasis.</li>
</ol>
<code>git clone https://github.com/fraction/oasis.git<br />cd oasis<br />npm install</code>
<p>Test the installation by running <code>node .</code> (yes, including the period).</p>
<ul>
<li>If the output stops after a few lines and isn't an obvious Node error, hit Control and C at the same time to exit; you're ready for the <code>systemd</code> file.</li>
<li>If you get an error about port 3000 already being in use, use the command <code>node . --port PORTNUMBER</code> instead, where <code>PORTNUMBER</code> is any open port you want.</li>
</ul>
<p>If your instance immediately throws <a href="https://github.com/fraction/oasis/issues/718#issuecomment-927379995">an error about <code>ssb.friends.get</code></a>:</p>
<code>git checkout 4e8f7426a4eb1d95f6e55cf894a3168f523f8af8<br />rm -rf node_modules<br />npm install</code>
<ol start="2" type="1">
<li>Prepare the <code>systemd</code> daemon file.</li>
</ol>
<p>Edit <code>/lib/systemd/system/oasis.service</code> as root with your favorite text editor. Paste the following:</p>
<pre>
[Unit]
Description=Oasis client for Secure Scuttlebutt
After=network.target
[Service]
User=YourUsername
Group=YourUsername
ExecStart=/path/to/your/node/binary . --port 8787
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/where/you/cloned/oasis/
TimeoutStopSec=5s
LimitNOFILE=1048576
PrivateTmp=true
ProtectSystem=full
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
</pre>
<p>Replace <code>/path/to/your/node/binary</code> with whatever comes up when you run <code>which node</code>. You may need to change this if you update Node.</p>
<ol start="3" type="1">
<li>Edit your Caddyfile. (This will probably also require root.)</li>
</ol>
<pre>
yourdomain.tld {
reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:PORTNUMBER {
header_up Host 127.0.0.1
header_up Referer http://localhost
}
basicauth * {
AnyUsernameYouWant EXTREMELYLONGCADDYHASHHERE
}
}
</pre>
<p><code>EXTREMELYLONGCADDYHASHHERE</code> is used instead of an actual password so you don't have cleartext credentials hanging around. Generate this with <code>caddy hash-password</code>. Make sure you save your actual password in a password manager, as you can't reverse a hash!</p>
<p>The <code>header_up</code> lines are there to trick Oasis into thinking it is running on a local machine, as it (very aggressively) wants to be. Normally this would be true, as Secure Scuttlebutt is peer-to-peer and intended to be run on a personal device that may see intermittent internet connectivity. However, if you're looking at this tutorial, you probably want to host a public peer as an <em>actually functioning</em> alternative to a <a href="https://github.com/ssbc/ssb-server">pub</a> or <a href="https://github.com/ssb-ngi-pointer/go-ssb-room/">room</a>.</p>
<ol start="4" type="1">
<li>Get everything running.</li>
</ol>
<code>sudo systemctl daemon-reload<br />sudo systemctl restart caddy<br />sudo systemctl start oasis &amp;&amp; sudo systemctl enable oasis</code>
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