Remove install instructions and add environment variables

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@ -8,41 +8,13 @@ This is useful when you send a video and want it to be playable in Discord.
This program will create a .html that you will send instead of a .mp4 file. Discord will parse the HTML and create an embed for you. The embed will be the same as the one you would get if you send a .mp4 file.
## Installation
## Environment variables
This implies that you have experience with Nginx. Don't be afraid to contact me if you need help.
- Install latest version of [git](https://git-scm.com/), [Python](https://www.python.org/), [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation) and Nginx.
- Clone the repository or download the [source code](https://github.com/TheLovinator1/discord-nice-embed-maker-for-my-yoy/archive/refs/heads/master.zip) directly from GitHub.
- Install the dependencies using [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation).
- `poetry install`
- Rename .env.example to .env and fill in the required values.
- Copy discord-embed.service to /etc/systemd/system/discord-embed.service.
- `sudo cp discord-embed.service /etc/systemd/system/discord-embed.service`
- Change lovinator to your username.
- Change DOMAIN to the domain where we will serve the files.
- There is a bundled nginx config file that can be used to serve the site.
- `sudo cp nginx.conf /etc/nginx/`
- Start Nginx at boot.
- `sudo systemctl enable --now nginx`
- Create directory for uploaded files.
- `sudo mkdir /Uploads`
- Check what user is running Nginx, Arch is using http. Others could be www-data:
- ps aux | grep nginx
- Change permissions of /Uploads directory. Change lovinator to your username and http to the user running Nginx.
- `sudo chown -R lovinator:http /Uploads`
- Create log folder.
- `sudo mkdir /var/log/discord-embed`
- Change permissions of /var/log/discord-embed directory. Change lovinator to your username.
- `sudo chown -R lovinator:lovinator /var/log/discord-embed`
- Start the services.
- `sudo systemctl enable --now discord-embed.service`
- `sudo systemctl enable --now discord-embed.socket`
- Check if the services are running.
- `sudo systemctl status discord-embed.service`
- `sudo systemctl status discord-embed.socket`
- Check logs for errors.
- `cat /var/log/discord-embed/error.log` and `cat /var/log/discord-embed/access.log`
| Variable | Description |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| DOMAIN | Domain where we server files from, not where we upload files to. |
| UPLOAD_FOLDER | Path to the directory where we store files. |
| WEBHOOK_URL | Discord Webhook URL |
## Need help?