- create installation directory at
/opt/captionator
- create a virtual env
cd /opt/captionator/
python3 -m virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install .
- start with
/opt/captionator/venv/bin/captionator
- You'll need a SQL compatible server
- create a captionator user in the mysql db
- cp
sample.ini to captionator.ini
- update
captionator.ini to reference correct db server
- You'll need a local service user on your host machine
useradd -M captionator
usermod -L captionator
chmod -R captionator:captionator /opt/captionator
- In order to use the google apis, you'll need google developer keys in
/opt/captionator/keys/*.json
see cloud platform
- Link the Service file into systemd and reload systemd
ln -s /opt/captionator/captionator.service\
/lib/systemd/system/captionator.service
systemctl daemon-reload