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Deployment

Bare Metal Deployment

Deploy S.I.M.P on a physical or virtual server without containers.

This guide explains how to deploy S.I.M.P directly on a Linux server (or VM) without Docker.

Prerequisites

  • Go 1.24+ installed (download)
  • Node.js & npm (for frontend build)
  • SQLite3 (for database)
  • Git

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/DanonekTM/SIMP.git && cd SIMP

2. Build the Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run build

3. Move Frontend Build to Backend

# Move the generated dist folder to the backend directory
mv dist ../backend/frontend

4. Build the Backend

cd ../backend
go build -o simp-server ./cmd/main.go

5. Configure and Run

  1. Configure your config.yaml file with appropriate settings
  2. Start the server:
./simp-server

6. (Optional) Set Up as a Systemd Service

Create /etc/systemd/system/simp.service:

[Unit]
Description=S.I.M.P Backend
After=network.target
 
[Service]
Type=simple
User=simp
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/SIMP/backend
ExecStart=/path/to/SIMP/backend/simp-server
Restart=on-failure
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable and start:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable simp
sudo systemctl start simp

Security Tips

  • Change all default secrets and passwords in config.yaml.
  • Use a reverse proxy (e.g., Nginx) for HTTPS and domain routing.
  • Regularly update Go, Node, and S.I.M.P for security patches.
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