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# HOWTO Set up Your Own Chess Server
This document shows how to install a chess server.
The free software application Lila, written by the developers at
lichess.org will be used.
The free software application Lila, written by the fine developers at
https://lichess.org, will be used.
# Overview
Lila is the main component.
System will be built from these main parts:
System will be built from these main parts listed below. You don't
need to know all of these, but knowing some system administration
will help.
* OVH ISP.
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* Redis.
* Scala.
* Java.
* SBT.
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* DNS.
* All the way down to Grub and below...
* All the way down to GRUB and below...
# Upstream
The best current upstream document describing the process is here:
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Main upstream repos:
* https://github.com/ornicar/lila
* https://github.com/ornicar/lila-ws
# Pre-Installation Setup
First, you need to have a location to host the server. You will want a server
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You will also need a domain and someone providing domain name service (DNS).
OVH provides this service (presumably?) or I recommend Njalla.
* https://njal.la/
## Register at ISP
Go to OVH (or ISP of your choice) and create an account.
They may have regional websites as well:
* https://ovh.com/
## Register DNS
Since it takes awhile to spread across the Internet, it is best to first
register your domain so that process can happen in the background while
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For this example, we'll use the domain `mychestserver.org`.
Go to your registrar, and register your domain, such as:
* https://njal.la/
## Register at ISP
Go to OVH (or ISP of your choice) and create an account to host your server.
OVH may have regional websites as well:
* https://ovh.com/
## Set up Workstation SSH Keys
To connect to the server, you will need SSH keys. They'll be needed at time
of server creation, so we'll make them now. This is an example how to create
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```
## Upload SSH key to ISP
Take SSH the key you just created above and upload it to OVH.
Go to `Public Cloud`, then near the bottom left column, under
`Project Management` click `SSH Keys`.
Under the new `SSH Keys` window, click `Add and SSH Key` button.
Paste the PUBLIC key created above into the `Key` section of the
`Add an SSH key` popup window.
Take this output and paste into that form in the browser:
```
cat /home/debian/.ssh/id_ecdsa-chess.pub
```
It should look like a tangled mess like this (note, the `debian@workstation` field
at the end is informational and can be something depending on your user/workstaion):
```
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBC16EdTLECoLqSnmM/aSKrskLYN5ygu2dVvSAfiu4SAHPElrY6wqgUq6kzzsbbnko+VqyGzZ4tTWMml/AlBrQaw= debian@workstation
```
In the `Name` field, enter `mychestkey`.
Click `Add` to save the key at OVH. You should now see it in the list.
## Create Virtual Machine at ISP
OVH sells dedicated "bare metal" servers called the "Bare Metal Cloud".
They also sell virtual machine instances under the "Public Cloud".
OVH sells dedicated "bare metal" servers called the `Bare Metal Cloud`.
They also sell virtual machine instances under the `Public Cloud`.
The bare metal servers can be better, but they are generally more expensive,
a bit more complex to set up and maintain. So for this example, we
will set up a virtual machine in the "Public Cloud".
will set up a virtual machine in the `Public Cloud`.
In OVH dashboard click on "Public Cloud", then in left column near the top
under "Compute", click "Instances". Then under the new "Instances" window,
click "Create an Instance".
In OVH `Dashboard` click on `Public Cloud`, then in left column near the top
under `Compute`, click `Instances". Then under the new `Instances` window,
click `Create an Instance`.
* Select a Model: "Discovery" tab, then select D2-8. There are some options
* `Select a Model`: `Discovery` tab, then select D2-8. There are some options
with 4 gigs of RAM and fewer CPUs, which could be used, but kind of slow.
This option is ~$20USD/month.
* Select a Region: The lichess.org server is in various data centers around
* `Select a Region`: The https://lichess.org server is in various data centers around
Norther France, such as Gravelines (GRA). If you want to be close to that
for some reason, you can select that. Or you could select a server that
is regionally close to you and your users in another part of the world.
For this example, we'll select Gravelines GRA3.
For this example, we'll select Gravelines GRA3. Click `Next`.
* Select an Image: Under "Unix Distributions" tab, select "Debian 11".
* `Select an Image`: Under `Unix Distributions` tab, select `Debian 11`.
*
* `Select an Image`: Under `SSH key` at the bottom of the section, select the
`mychestkey` you created and uploaded above. Click `Next`
* `Configure your instance`: Just one instance. We'll use `mychestserver` for
the name, use yours as appropriate. We won't do any of `Post-installation
script`, `Private Networks`, or `Backups`, although they could be used.
Click `Next`.
* `Billing Period`: As you like. This is just a test, so here just using
`Hourly` at $0.03886/hour. Click `Create an instance` to create the
virtual computer, which also starts billing.
# Installation