changed how the api is installed

README.md

@@ -10,16 +10,17 @@ Used to see which instances block yours.
 
 ## Installation
 
-### Copy the preloaded database to the live database
-
 ```bash
-cp blocks_preloaded.db blocks.db
+sudo useradd -m fba
+sudo mkdir -p /opt/fedi-block-api
+sudo chown -R fba:fba /opt/fedi-block-api
+sudo -Hu fba git clone https://gitlab.com/EnjuAihara/fedi-block-api.git /opt/fedi-block-api
+cd /opt/fedi-block-api
+sudo -Hu fba cp blocks_preloaded.db blocks.db
 ```
 
 ### Install the services
 
-Make sure to edit the `User` and `WorkingDirectory` in each service file accordingly.
-
 ```bash
 sudo cp services/* /etc/systemd/system
 ```
@@ -28,14 +29,14 @@ sudo cp services/* /etc/systemd/system
 
 ```bash
 cd apis
-yarn install
+sudo -Hu fba yarn install
 ```
 
 ### start the services
 
 ```bash
-systemctl start fetch_blocks
-systemctl start fedi_block_api
+systemctl enable --now fetch_blocks
+systemctl enable --now fedi_block_api
 ```
 
 ## Try it out

services/fedi_block_api.service

@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ Description=Fedi block API
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-Restart=always
-RestartSec=1
-User=
-WorkingDirectory=/fedi-block-api/apis
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=10
+User=fba
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/fedi-block-api/apis
 ExecStart=node fedi_block_api.js
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

services/fetch_blocks.service

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ Description=Fetch blocks
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 Restart=always
-RestartSec=86400
-User=
-WorkingDirectory=/fedi-block-api
-ExecStart=python3 fetch_blocks.py 
+RestartSec=604800
+User=fba
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/fedi-block-api
+ExecStart=python3 fetch_blocks.py
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target