Introduction

tuhuebot is a Telegram bot written in Go that offers various functionalities for interacting with users on Telegram. It is designed to be easily deployable and maintainable, with support for building and running through a Makefile and a systemd service for automatic management.

How to Deploy tuhuebot Using systemd

1. Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/yeungon/tuhuebot.git

cd tuhuebot

2. Install dependencies:

go mod tidy

3. Build the binary:

make build

4. Configure the service file yourselt and copy to system:

Change the content of tuhuebot.service if needed (location of the code, for example).

sudo cp tuhuebot.service /etc/systemd/system/

5. Enable and Start the Service:

sudo systemctl enable tuhuebot

sudo systemctl start tuhuebot

6. Check Service Status: Verify that the bot is running correctly:

sudo systemctl status tuhuebot

Database

Currently @tuhuebot is using sqlite and postgresql database. Cache implemented via bigCache.

Update the code and re-deploy

Here’s a short guide for updating and redeploying your tuhuebot project:

1. Pull Latest Changes
   Login to your server, go to the folder where the code is put. First, we update your local repository with the latest code from GitHub: sudo git pull

2. Build the Project
   Compile the code and prepare it for deployment: make build

3. Restart the Service
   Use make to restart the systemd service for the changes to take effect: make restart

This process will update your repository, build the project, and restart the service to apply any new changes.