Self-hosting the Server

VelNet's server can be self-hosted with modest resources. The limiting factor will almost always be network bandwidth.

Option 1: Pull from Docker HubOption 2: Use docker-composeOption 3: Run Rust natively

Make sure you have Docker installed, then pull the Docker image using:

docker run -p 5000:5000 -p 5000:5000/udp velaboratory/velnet

or

docker run -p 5050:5000 -p 5050:5000/udp --name velnet velaboratory/velnet

to run on a different port and change the name of the container.

1. Clone the repo

   • git clone https://github.com/velaboratory/VelNetServerRust.git

2. Make sure you have Docker and docker-compose installed.

3. The docker compose file runs both the control panel and the server.

   • To start:

     docker compose up -d
     

   • To stop:

     docker compose stop
     

This builds the images from the local data in the folder, and doesn't pull anything from Docker Hub.

1. Clone the repo
   • git clone https://github.com/velaboratory/VelNetServerRust.git
2. Edit config.json to an open port on your firewall
3. Modify the user field in control-panel/config.json to be your username.
4. Install rust through using rustup
5. Install: sudo ./install.sh
6. Run server: sudo systemctl start velnet
7. Run control panel: sudo systemctl start velnet-control-panel
8. Install tuptime: cargo install tuptime
9. Install onefetch: cargo install onefetch