NOTE: The following information is applicable to: Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 (LTS) or 16.10 - x86_64.

• Tool chain components -- Used for compiling dependencies

  sudo apt-get install -y python build-essential curl automake autoconf libtool

• Git (https://github.com/git/git) -- Used for cloning and updating TOP Points

  sudo apt-get install -y git

• Node.js (https://nodejs.org/) -- Node.js serves as the underlying engine for code execution.

  System wide via package manager:

  curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
  sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
  

  Locally using nvm:

  curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.0/install.sh | bash
  nvm install v6.10.1
  

• Install PostgreSQL (version 9.6.2):

  curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TopPoints/tops/master/scripts/setup_postgresql.Linux" | bash -
  sudo -u postgres createuser --createdb $USER
  createdb tops_test
  createdb tops_main
  sudo -u postgres psql -d tops_test -c "alter user "$USER" with password 'password';"
  sudo -u postgres psql -d tops_main -c "alter user "$USER" with password 'password';"
  

• Bower (http://bower.io/) -- Bower helps to install required JavaScript dependencies.

  npm install -g bower

• Grunt.js (http://gruntjs.com/) -- Grunt is used to compile the frontend code and serves other functions.

  npm install -g grunt-cli

Clone the TOP Points repository using Git and initialize the modules.

git clone https://github.com/TopPoints/tops.git
cd tops
npm install

To test that TOP Points is built and configured correctly, run the following command:

node app.js

In a browser navigate to: <http://localhost:5888(for the mainnet) or <http://localhost:5777 (for the testnet). If TOP Points is running on a remote system, switch localhost for the external IP Address of the machine.

Once the process is verified as running correctly, CTRL+C and start the process with pm2. This will fork the process into the background and automatically recover the process if it fails.

pm2 start --name tops app.js

After the process is started, its runtime status and log location can be retrieved by issuing the following command:

pm2 show tops

To stop TOP Points after it has been started with pm2, issue the following command:

pm2 stop tops

NOTE: The port, address and config-path can be overridden by providing the relevant command switch:

pm2 start --name tops app.js -- -p [port] -a [address] -c [config-path]