Installation

The simplest way to install the Moera server software (moera-node) is as follows:

As prerequisites, Java 21+, PostgreSQL 12+, and ffmpeg 6.1+ must be installed.

1. Download a prebuilt WAR file from the GitHub repository.
2. Place the WAR file in a directory on your server.
3. Create a subdirectory to store media files. The directory must be readable and writable by moera-node process.
4. Create a PostgreSQL database.
5. Create a configuration file.
6. Run the server.
7. Configure NGINX as a reverse proxy.
8. (recommended) Configure direct serving of media files from the filesystem or Amazon S3.
9. (optional) Configure a watchdog.
10. (optional) Configure logrotate.