You should have a server with at least 2 GB of RAM and a reasonably up-to-date version of NodeJS and NPM installed. If you are setting up a new server, we recommend using Ubuntu, which can be configured to work out-of-the-box with Node v9 as follows:
apt-get update
apt-get install g++ make
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_9.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Download Google's Dense Hashmap implementation:
git clone https://github.com/sparsehash/sparsehash
cd sparsehash
./configure
make
make install
If you cannot download this file, we have included a recent working version inside the "extras" directory in this distribution. You can install it by entering the relevant directory and installing it:
cd extras/sparsehash/sparsehash
./configure
make
make install
Install required NodeJS dependencies:
npm install
If you run into any problems at this point please write us and let us know and we'll figure out the problem and update this file. Otherwise you should be ready to run Saito.
Go into the lib directory where our start.js script is found
cd lib/
And run our compile script to refresh the software to a clean state
for the first time it will run. Then:
node start.js
This will start a version of Saito running on LOCALHOST. When we launch our testnet we will change this package to connect to testnet by default. Until then, connecting to the testnet needs to be manually enabled, but the local version can still be used for testing and app development.
If you wish to run Saito on a server and close your connection to the server while continuing to run Saito in background mode, enter this command instead:
nohup node --max_old_space_size=4144 start.js > saito.log 2 > saito.err &
Wait a few seconds after starting the program and type Ctrl-C. You
will see the ^C carat printed at the terminal line but get no other
indications of change. You should then type exit to close your
terminal. Saito will continue to run in the background.