AWS Setup

[panleya]

It would be great if you could create a directory out here with a static set of files I can drop onto an AWS EC2 apache web server... simple variables to change for my Slack room. You'd be a my hero for life!

[nsoft]

I agree, the "now" installation mechanism seems to require an account with them and only be free for limited use. A tar.gz distribution not tied to a commercialized deployment mechanism would be greatly appreciated.

[Daniel15]

Here's some instructions that should work on any host:

1. Install Node.js and npm - Refer to Node's docs. On Debian or Ubuntu you can just apt-get install nodejs
2. Run npm install --global slackin
3. Use the slackin command to run it.

On my system I'm using supervisord to keep it running:

[program:slackin]
command=slackin "example" --port=30861 --interval=60000
environment=SLACK_API_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxx
user=www-data

(note: pass the API token as an environment variable rather than a command-line argument. Command-line arguments are visible to other applications on the system which could introduce a risk of the token leaking)

Then configure a web server to reverse proxy it - I'm using Nginx but Apache would work too. My Nginx config looks like:

server {
	server_name slack.example.com;
	listen 80;
	listen 443 http2;
	ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/slack.example.com/fullchain.pem;
	ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/slack.example.com/privkey.pem;

	location / {
		proxy_pass http://localhost:30861;
		proxy_http_version 1.1;
	}
}

[NinjaTurtle007]

Thank you @Daniel15
I followed your instructions but got stuck after installing slacking and trying to run it

`root@vultr:~# npm install --global slackin
/usr/local/bin/slackin -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/slackin/bin/slackin
/usr/local/lib
└─┬ slackin@0.13.0
├─┬ args@1.3.0
│ ├── camelcase@3.0.0
│ ├─┬ chalk@1.1.3
│ │ ├── ansi-styles@2.2.1
│ │ ├── escape-string-regexp@1.0.5
│ │ ├─┬ has-ansi@2.0.0
│ │ │ └── ansi-regex@2.1.1
│ │ ├── strip-ansi@3.0.1
│ │ └── supports-color@2.0.0
│ ├─┬ loud-rejection@1.6.0
│ │ ├─┬ currently-unhandled@0.4.1
│ │ │ └── array-find-index@1.0.2
│ │ └── signal-exit@3.0.2
│ ├── minimist@1.2.0
│ ├── pkginfo@0.4.1
│ └── replaceall@0.1.6
├─┬ babel-polyfill@6.3.14
│ ├── babel-regenerator-runtime@6.5.0
│ ├── babel-runtime@5.8.38
│ └── core-js@1.2.7
├─┬ body-parser@1.10.2
│ ├── bytes@1.0.0
│ ├── depd@1.0.1
│ ├── iconv-lite@0.4.6
│ ├── media-typer@0.3.0
│ ├─┬ on-finished@2.2.1
│ │ └── ee-first@1.1.0
│ ├── qs@2.3.3
│ ├── raw-body@1.3.2
│ └─┬ type-is@1.5.7
│ └─┬ mime-types@2.0.14
│ └── mime-db@1.12.0
├─┬ cors@2.7.1
│ └── vary@1.1.2
├─┬ debug@2.1.1
│ └── ms@0.6.2
├── email-regex@1.0.0
├─┬ express@4.11.0
│ ├─┬ accepts@1.2.13
│ │ ├─┬ mime-types@2.1.17
│ │ │ └── mime-db@1.30.0
│ │ └── negotiator@0.5.3
│ ├── content-disposition@0.5.0
│ ├── cookie@0.1.2
│ ├── cookie-signature@1.0.5
│ ├── escape-html@1.0.1
│ ├─┬ etag@1.5.1
│ │ └── crc@3.2.1
│ ├── finalhandler@0.3.3
│ ├── fresh@0.2.4
│ ├── merge-descriptors@0.0.2
│ ├── methods@1.1.2
│ ├── parseurl@1.3.2
│ ├── path-to-regexp@0.1.3
│ ├─┬ proxy-addr@1.0.10
│ │ ├── forwarded@0.1.2
│ │ └── ipaddr.js@1.0.5
│ ├── range-parser@1.0.3
│ ├─┬ send@0.11.0
│ │ ├── destroy@1.0.3
│ │ └── ms@0.7.0
│ ├─┬ serve-static@1.8.1
│ │ └─┬ send@0.11.1
│ │ └── ms@0.7.0
│ ├── utils-merge@1.0.0
│ └── vary@1.0.1
├── hostenv@1.0.1
├── opentype.js@0.4.4
├─┬ socket.io@1.4.8
│ ├─┬ debug@2.2.0
│ │ └── ms@0.7.1
│ ├─┬ engine.io@1.6.11
│ │ ├─┬ accepts@1.1.4
│ │ │ └── negotiator@0.4.9
│ │ ├── base64id@0.1.0
│ │ ├─┬ debug@2.2.0
│ │ │ └── ms@0.7.1
│ │ ├─┬ engine.io-parser@1.2.4
│ │ │ ├── after@0.8.1
│ │ │ ├── arraybuffer.slice@0.0.6
│ │ │ ├── base64-arraybuffer@0.1.2
│ │ │ ├── blob@0.0.4
│ │ │ ├── has-binary@0.1.6
│ │ │ └── utf8@2.1.0
│ │ └─┬ ws@1.1.0
│ │ ├── options@0.0.6
│ │ └── ultron@1.0.2
│ ├─┬ has-binary@0.1.7
│ │ └── isarray@0.0.1
│ ├─┬ socket.io-adapter@0.4.0
│ │ ├─┬ debug@2.2.0
│ │ │ └── ms@0.7.1
│ │ └─┬ socket.io-parser@2.2.2
│ │ ├── debug@0.7.4
│ │ └── json3@3.2.6
│ ├─┬ socket.io-client@1.4.8
│ │ ├── backo2@1.0.2
│ │ ├── component-bind@1.0.0
│ │ ├── component-emitter@1.2.0
│ │ ├─┬ debug@2.2.0
│ │ │ └── ms@0.7.1
│ │ ├─┬ engine.io-client@1.6.11
│ │ │ ├── component-inherit@0.0.3
│ │ │ ├─┬ debug@2.2.0
│ │ │ │ └── ms@0.7.1
│ │ │ ├── has-cors@1.1.0
│ │ │ ├── parsejson@0.0.1
│ │ │ ├── parseqs@0.0.2
│ │ │ ├── ws@1.0.1
│ │ │ ├── xmlhttprequest-ssl@1.5.1
│ │ │ └── yeast@0.1.2
│ │ ├── indexof@0.0.1
│ │ ├── object-component@0.0.3
│ │ ├─┬ parseuri@0.0.4
│ │ │ └─┬ better-assert@1.0.2
│ │ │ └── callsite@1.0.0
│ │ └── to-array@0.1.4
│ └─┬ socket.io-parser@2.2.6
│ ├── benchmark@1.0.0
│ ├─┬ debug@2.2.0
│ │ └── ms@0.7.1
│ └── json3@3.3.2
├─┬ superagent@0.21.0
│ ├── component-emitter@1.1.2
│ ├── cookiejar@2.0.1
│ ├── extend@1.2.1
│ ├─┬ form-data@0.1.3
│ │ ├── async@0.9.2
│ │ └─┬ combined-stream@0.0.7
│ │ └── delayed-stream@0.0.5
│ ├── formidable@1.0.14
│ ├── methods@1.0.1
│ ├── mime@1.2.11
│ ├── qs@1.2.0
│ ├─┬ readable-stream@1.0.27-1
│ │ ├── core-util-is@1.0.2
│ │ ├── inherits@2.0.3
│ │ └── string_decoder@0.10.31
│ └── reduce-component@1.0.1
└─┬ vd@0.1.0
├── array-flatten@1.0.0
├── vcss@0.1.1
└── void-elements@1.0.0

root@vultr:# slackin
/usr/bin/env: 'node': No such file or directory
root@vultr:#
`

[Daniel15]

@NinjaTurtle007 If you're on Debian or Ubuntu and installed the Node.js package, try apt-get install nodejs-legacy. Alternatively, run nodejs /usr/local/lib/node_modules/slackin/bin/slackin instead of just running slackin.