1. Running your own server

Hermes is programmed using node.js and uses Redis Casssandra as a database, so you need to have both of those installed before running your server. Furthermore, you should also install git to clone the source from this repo.

INSTALLING DEPENDENCIES

Windows

Node.js

Download node from the official website and install it. The version we have used is 10.13.0 LTS, so it is recommended you use this version.

Cassandra

You can download Cassandra from this link.

Git

You can download Git For Windows from here.

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Linux (Debian / Ubuntu)

Node.js

Open a terminal and paste in / type the following commands:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -

sudo apt install -y build-essential nodejs 

Cassandra

Installing Cassandra is very similar to installing Node. Paste these commands into a terminal:

wget http://dl.bintray.com/apache/cassandra/pool/main/c/cassandra/cassandra_3.11.3_all.deb
wget http://dl.bintray.com/apache/cassandra/pool/main/c/cassandra/cassandra-tools_3.11.3_all.deb

sudo apt install -y --fix-missing ./cassandra_3.11.3_all.deb ./cassandra-tools_3.11.3_all.deb

Git

You probably already know how to do this by now:

sudo apt install -y git

These programs can all be installed at the same time:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -

wget http://dl.bintray.com/apache/cassandra/pool/main/c/cassandra/cassandra_3.11.3_all.deb
wget http://dl.bintray.com/apache/cassandra/pool/main/c/cassandra/cassandra-tools_3.11.3_all.deb

sudo apt install -y build-essential nodejs git #redis-server # <-- To install Redis, uncomment this part (it isn't used, though). 
sudo apt install -y --fix-missing ./cassandra_3.11.3_all.deb ./cassandra-tools_3.11.3_all.deb

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INSTALLING HERMES

First of all, clone the source to your device. To do this, open a terminal to the folder where you want to download it and paste in these commands:

git clone https://github.com/HermesMessenger/Hermes.git
cd Hermes

Then, before running the server, you have to initialize it by installing the NPM modules used.
Run these commands to install them:

npm install
npm start

You might see a warning during this step, but this is normal.

When you're done, open serverIP:8080 in a browser. If you are using the same device, you can use localhostas the IP.

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You should have your own Hermes server running locally!

• If you don't, go back and make sure you did everything correctly.
• If you do and want to use your device as a Hermes server, you can continue to the next step
  (You can only do this if you are using Debian)