JukeBot is a music bot for Discord, supporting a wide variety of audio sources, with the goal of delivering high audio quality with an expansive feature set.
If your intention is to self-host, you're in luck! JukeBot is designed to consume as few resources as possible. Keep reading to see how to set it up.
First thing's first, you're going to need a server with Java 17 installed.
You can use any version of Java, provided it is version 17 or newer. Ideally, you'll want to install the JRE, as it's significantly lighter than the JDK.
The JRE is used for running applications, whereas the JDK is for building them.
Once you've installed Java, head over to the releases tab and download the newest release.
This ensures you'll have all the latest features, bug fixes and optimisations. From there, you'll want to grab the JukeBot.jar asset.
Now with that out of the way, go to the Discord Developer portal and create a new application.
You can name it whatever you like, and give it any icon of your choosing. Once that's done, click on the Bot tab, and click Reset Token to generate a token for it.
Make a note of your token, and more importantly, do not share it with anyone.
A token allows you to authenticate the bot with Discord, but malicious actors could hijack it to cause mayhem, and could land you in trouble.
Next, you'll need to create a config.properties file in the same directory as your downloaded JukeBot.jar.
Your config will need to look something like this:
token=<YOUR DISCORD APPLICATION TOKEN>
prefix=!This is the bare minimum you need for the bot to work. You can find more configurable fields in the example config.
You can change prefix to whatever you'd like, this is simply the string you'll need to prefix your messages with to use the bot's commands, for example !play or $play.
You can put pretty much anything there, as long as it's not empty. It should go without saying, make sure to replace the <YOUR DISCORD APPLICATION TOKEN> placeholder with
the token you copied from the Discord Developer Portal. This includes replacing the <>.
Once you've done all that, save your new config.properties file. Open a new terminal window/command prompt/whatever else you use, make sure you've cd'd into the directory
containing your JukeBot.jar and config.properties files. Now, you can actually run the bot.
Enter the command java -jar JukeBot.jar and watch as the bot comes to life! Invite the bot to your server, and then enjoy the fruits of your labour! You can tweak the JVM
with arguments for things like the garbage collector, which can sometimes make the bot perform better under heavy loads, however, unless you're running a public instance,
this is not something you're likely to need to do. Additionally, if you're not accustomed to tweaking the JVM, you can actually make it perform worse, so this is only recommended
for experienced users.
That's all there is to it, however if you find yourself stuck at any of these steps, you can join the Discord server for help.