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-# Follow the script here: https://github.com/StrangeRanger/Mewdeko-BashScript
+# Creating the Bot
+**1. Go to [Discord Developer Portal](https://discord.dev) and login.**
+
+**2. Click on `new application`.**
+
+**3. Name the application and click create.**
+
+**4. Navigate to the `Bot` tab on the siderbar.**
+
+**5. Click reset token input 2FA code and copy the token for later.**
+# Download
+**1. Run this following command in a terminal (Debian/Ubuntu)**
+```
+sudo apt update && sudo apt install postgres postgres-contrib dotnet-sdk-8.0 git
+```
+**2. Download Mewdeko from the [releases page](https://github.com/SylveonDeko/Mewdeko/releases) and download the source code zip/tar.gz (not the win64 binary).**
+**3. Unzip the file with either the `tar` command or `unzip` command.**
+**4. Move the folder you just unzipped to a different directory such as say /srv.**
+# Database setup
+**1. Switch to the postgres user**
+   ```
+   sudo -i -u postgres
+   ```
+**2. Create a new PostgreSQL role**
+   ```
+   createuser --interactive
+   ```
+**3. Create a new database**
+   ```
+   createdb <dbName>
+   ```
+**4. Set password for the newly created role.**
+   ```
+   psql
+     ALTER USER <username> WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '<password>';
+     \q
+   ```
+**5. Edit PostgreSQL configuration to allow password authenication.**
+   - Open the configuration file.
+    ```
+    sudo nano /etc/postgresql/<yourVersion>/main/pg_hba.conf
+    ```
+   - Find the lines that look like this and change `peer` to `md5`:
+   ```
+   local   all             postgres                                peer
+     local   all             all                                     peer
+     host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            md5
+     host    all             all             ::1/128                 md5
+   ```
+   - Restart PostgreSQL
+   ```
+   sudo systemctl restart postgresql
+   ```
+**6. Set up the PostgreSQL connection string in `credentials.json`:**
+   Format: `"PsqlConnectionString": "Server=ServerIp;Database=DatabaseName;Port=PsqlPort;UID=PsqlUser;Password=UserPassword"`
+# Setup `credentials.json`.
+**Follow the [credentials guide](https://mewdeko.tech/credguide)**
+# Final Setup
+**1. To run the bot do the command `dotnet run -c release` in terminal while inside the directory where the .csproj file (e.g., `/srv/Mewdeko/src/Mewdeko`) to shutdown the bot do .die or Ctrl+C in the terminal window optionally you can make it into a systemd service (example shown below).**
+
+**2. Go to [Discord Developer Portal](https://discord.dev) and login.**
+
+**3. Find the application you just created.**
+
+**4. Navigate to the `OAuth2` tab.**
+
+**5. Go to the `OAuth2 URL Generator` and select the scopes `bot` and `application.commands`. The URL should look like this: `https://discord.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=<clientID>&permissions=0&integration_type=0&scope=applications.commands+bot`.**
+
+**5. Copy the URL and paste it into the browser and invite the bot to your server.**
+
+**6. To allow the update command to work run the following commands in the directory where Mewdeko, is stored.**
+```
+cd /path/to/mewdeko
+git init
+git remote add origin https://github.com/SylveonDeko/Mewdeko.git
+```
+Optional systemd service example:
+```
+[Unit]
+Description=Mewdeko
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory=/srv/Mewdeko/src/Mewdeko
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dotnet run -c release
+ExecStop=/bin/bash -c "kill -SIGINT 3687"
+Restart=on-failure
+Killsignal=SIGINT
+TimeoutStopSec=10
+User=<yourUsername>
+Group=<sameAsUsername>
+Environment=ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```