# npsapp
KevaChat Server for [NPS Protocol ](https://nightfall.city/nps/info/specification.txt )
Listen connections on `1915` port and save messages to given `namespace` in [KevaCoin ](https://github.com/kevacoin-project ) blockchain
To read messages, use KevaChat [webapp ](https://github.com/kevachat/webapp ), [geminiapp ](https://github.com/kevachat/geminiapp ) or any [KevaCoin explorer ](https://github.com/kvazar-network/awesome-kevacoin#explorers )!
## Components
* [kevachat/kevacoin-php ](https://github.com/kevachat/kevacoin-php ) - KevaCoin library for PHP 8
* [cboden/ratchet ](https://github.com/ratchetphp/Ratchet ) - Asynchronous Socket server
* [gregwar/captcha ](https://github.com/Gregwar/Captcha ) - Captcha library to prevent spam abuse
* [ixnode/php-cli-image ](https://github.com/ixnode/php-cli-image ) - Library converts captcha to ASCII format
## Install
* `git clone https://github.com/kevachat/npsapp.git`
* `cd npsapp`
* `composer update`
## Setup
* `cd npsapp`
* `cp config/example.json config/name.json` - edit connection and provide room namespace
## Launch
* `php src/app.php name.json` - where `name.json` argument is any config, placed at `config` folder
### Autostart
Launch server as the `systemd` service
You can create as many servers as wanted by providing separated config for each instance!
Following example require `npsapp` installed into the home directory of `npsapp` user (`useradd -m npsapp`)
1. `sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/npsapp.service` - create new service:
``` npsapp.service
[Unit]
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=npsapp
Group=npsapp
ExecStart=/usr/bin/php /home/npsapp/npsapp/src/app.php name.json
StandardOutput=file:/home/npsapp/debug.log
StandardError=file:/home/npsapp/error.log
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
2. `sudo systemctl daemon-reload` - reload systemd configuration
3. `sudo systemctl enable npsapp` - enable `npsapp` service on system startup
4. `sudo systemctl start npsapp` - start `npsapp` server
## Use
* `nc 127.0.0.1 1915`
* `telnet 127.0.0.1 1915`
