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-# rogueserver
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+# rogueserver
+
+Hosting in Docker
+It is advised that you host this in a docker container as it will be much easier to manage. 
+There is a sample docker-compose file for setting up a docker container to setup this server.
+
+Self Hosting outside of Docker:
+Windows:
+Recommended Tools:
+Chocolatey (https://chocolatey.org/install)
+
+Required Tools:
+Golang
+Node: 18.3.0
+npm: how to install (https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm)
+
+Installation:
+
+Once you have all the prerequisites you will need to setup a database. 
+There are tons of database services you can choose from:
+mysql - getting started (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-getting-started/en/)
+mariadb - getting started (https://mariadb.com/get-started-with-mariadb/)
+etc
+
+I went with MySQL. Once the database is setup, make sure that you can authenticate to the database.
+After being able to login to the database, create a database/schema called pokeroguedb.
+Select it as the default database and then run the sql queries from sqlqueries.sql. You should now be able to see all of the empty tables. 
+
+Edit the following files:
+##### rogueserver.go:34 
+Change the 'false' after "debug" to 'true'. This will resolve CORS issues that many users have been having while trying to spin up their own servers.
+
+##### rogueserver.go:37
+Change the default port if you need to, I set it to 8001.
+
+##### rogueserver.go:39-43
+Make sure that the credentials that you tested to login to the database are put in here. 
+
+##### src/utils.ts:224-225 (in pokerogue)
+Replace both URLs (one on each line) with the local API server address from rogueserver.go (0.0.0.0:8001) (or whatever port you picked)
+
+Now that all of the files are configured: start up powershell as administrator (or save the following as a ps1):
+```
+powershell -ep bypass
+cd C:\server\location\
+go run .
+```
+
+Then in another run this the first time, then remove the npm install if you plan on running this as a powershell script in the future:
+```
+powershell -ep bypass
+cd C:\server\location\
+npm install
+npm run start
+```
+
+You will need to allow the port youre running the API (8001) on and port 8000 to accept inbound connections through the windows advanced firewall.
+
+This should allow you to reach the game from other parts on the network. If you want to tie it to a domain like I did, there is some extra work to be done.
+I setup caddy and would recommend using it as a reverse proxy. 
+caddy installation - (https://caddyserver.com/docs/install)
+once its installed setup a config file for caddy:
+
+pokerogue.exampledomain.com {
+	reverse_proxy localhost:8000
+}
+pokeapi.exampledomain.com {
+	reverse_proxy localhost:8001
+} 
+
+Preferably set up caddy as a service from here: https://caddyserver.com/docs/running
+
+Once this is good to go, take your API url (https://pokeapi.exampledomain.com) and paste it on 
+##### src/utils.ts:224-225 
+in place of the previous 0.0.0.0:8001 address
+
+Make sure that both 8000 and 8001 are portforwarded on your router.
+
+Test that the server's game and game authentication works from other machines both in and outside of the network. Once this is complete, enjoy!