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Discord Bot and NodeJS

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NodeJS Installation​

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Creating and Configuring a Bot Directory​

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To check if your bot starts correctly, enter the command:

node index.js

Running the Bot in the Background​

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To start the bot, enter the command:

pm2 start index.js

To stop the bot, use the command:

pm2 stop index

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NodeJS Installation

  1. Install the required programs:

apt install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg


  1. Create the keyrings directory, then decrypt the NodeSource key within it:

mkdir /etc/apt/keyrings
--- --- ---
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg


  1. Set a variable for the NodeJS version (choose from 20, 18, 16), add NodeJS to the sources list, and install NodeJS:

NODE_MAJOR=20

echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list

apt update && apt install nodejs -y


  1. Verify the installation of NodeJS and NPM:

nodejs -v 
npm -v


Creating and Configuring a Bot Directory

  1. Create and navigate to the folder where the bot will reside. This is where the bot’s files will be uploaded:

mkdir /home/discordbot
cd /home/discordbot
  1. Install the required modules (in our case, only Discord.js):

npm install discord.js


  1. Check if the bot starts by running:

node index.js



If the bot does not start at this point, fix all errors that occur.

Running the Bot in the Background

  1. Install pm2 software:

npm install pm2 -g


  1. Verify the pm2 installation:


  1. Start the bot using pm2:

pm2 start index.js



  1. To stop the bot, use the command:

pm2 stop index