aethex-live-v2/DEPLOY.md

AeThex LIVE — VPS Deployment Guide

Prerequisites

• Node 20+ on VPS
• PM2: npm i -g pm2
• FFmpeg: apt install ffmpeg
• Nginx + Certbot already running (you have this)
• Port 1935 open: ufw allow 1935/tcp

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1. Clone & install

cd /var/www
git clone https://git.aethex.tech/AeThex-Labs/aethex-live-v2.git
cd aethex-live-v2
npm install

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2. Environment

cp .env.example .env.local
nano .env.local

Fill in:

• YOUTUBE_API_KEY — get from Google Cloud Console
• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY — optional, server-side KAEL

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3. Build

npm run build

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4. PM2

mkdir -p /var/log/aethex-live
# Update cwd in ecosystem.config.js to /var/www/aethex-live-v2
PORT=3010 pm2 start server.js --name aethex-live
pm2 save

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5. OBS Setup

• Server: rtmp://aethex.live:1935/live
• Key: stream

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Useful commands

pm2 logs aethex-live
pm2 restart aethex-live
ss -tlnp | grep 1935