# Self Host

## ≡ Build your bot manually

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Hosting bot manually can be a bit of pain, that why we prefer [<mark style="color:blue;">Docker</mark>](https://tgcatub.gitbook.io/catuserbot/installation/hosting/docker-compose) over it. Anyways If want to host manually keep up with these 2 pointers: [<mark style="color:blue;">Chrome</mark>](#setup-chromium), [<mark style="color:blue;">Venv</mark>](#create-venv)
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### 〣 ***Install required packages*** <a href="#install-packages" id="install-packages"></a>

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```batch
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y \
&& sudo apt install --no-install-recommends -y ca-certificates curl ffmpeg fonts-noto-color-emoji gcc git gnupg libmagickwand-dev libpq-dev mediainfo nano neofetch pv python3 python3-dev python3-lxml python3-pip python3-psycopg2 screen tree unzip virtualenv wget zlib1g libyaml-dev \
&& curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg && NODE_MAJOR=18 && \
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list && \
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nodejs -y
```

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### 〣 ***Clone the repo & make config*** <a href="#clone-repo" id="clone-repo"></a>

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```batch
git clone https://github.com/TgCatUB/catuserbot && cd catuserbot && mv exampleconfig.py config.py
```

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### 〣 ***Setup Chromium & its driver*** <a href="#setup-chromium" id="setup-chromium"></a>

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### 〣 ***Edit the config.py with your config values*** <a href="#edit-config" id="edit-config"></a>

* Modify the <mark style="color:green;">config.py</mark> with any text editor, like `nano config.py`
* **Check :** [<mark style="color:blue;">**Config Values**</mark>](https://tgcatub.gitbook.io/catuserbot/variables/config-vars#mandatory-vars)

### 〣 ***Create a Virtual*** environment ***& install requirements*** <a href="#create-venv" id="create-venv"></a>

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```batch
screen -S catuserbot
```

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```batch
virtualenv venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip3 install -r requirements.txt
```

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### 〣 ***All setup completed, its time to run the bot.*** <a href="#run-bot" id="run-bot"></a>

* ***Run:*** `python3 -m userbot`
* ***Close Screen:*** Press <mark style="color:red;">CTRL+A</mark> and after that <mark style="color:red;">CTRL+D</mark>
* ***Check:*** `screen -ls`
* ***Reattach Screen:*** `screen -r <some_id>.catuserbot`

## ≡ *Video Tutorial*

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Self Host
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