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+title = "Spacebar and a Translation Service"
+date = 2025-06-09
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+
+### Since Yesterday
+
+- [ ] Polish up [the blog](https://blog.mtgmonkey.net) a little bit
+- [X] Get a [translation api](https://translate.mtgmonkey.net) set up
+- [X] Get a [chat client](https://chat.mtgmonkey.net) set up
+
+### Spacebar Server
+
+The Spacebar server is super easy to run on Nix - its flake just works! Below I write the relevant portions of my Nix config.
+
+> ```nix
+> # flake.nix
+> {
+>   # import server from the flake.nix on gh
+>   inputs.spacebar-server.url = "github:spacebarchat/server";
+>   outputs = {
+>     spacebar-server,
+>     ...
+>   }: {
+>     nixosConfigurations."server" = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+>       system = "x86_64-linux";
+>       specialArgs = {
+>         # pass spacebar-server to any module that wants it
+>         inherit spacebar-server;
+>       };
+>       modules = [
+>         # add spacebar to configuration
+>         ./services/spacebar.nix
+>       ];
+>     };
+>   };
+> }
+> ```
+>
+> ```nix
+> # services/spacebar.nix
+> {
+>   spacebar-server,
+>   lib,
+>   pkgs,
+>   ...
+> }: {
+>   systemd.services.spacebar-server = {
+>     serviceConfig = {
+>       Type = "simple";
+>       ExecStart = "${lib.getExe
+>         spacebar-server.packages.x86_64-linux.default}";
+>       # Ensure the server is run by a non-priveleged user for security
+>       RemainAfterExit = true;
+>       User = "spacebar";
+>       Group = "spacebar";
+>     };
+>     environment = {
+>       # Specify location of uploaded files and the db
+>       DATABASE = "/var/lib/spacebar-server/database.db";
+>       STORAGE_LOCATION = "/var/lib/spacebar-server/files/";
+>     };
+>   };
+>   # Create user that runs the server
+>   users.users.spacebar = {
+>     isSystemUser = true;
+>     group = "spacebar";
+>     # Create home, where database.db and files/ are located
+>     home = "/var/lib/spacebar-server";
+>     createHome = true;
+>     # utility packages while SSHing into the user
+>     packages = [
+>       pkgs.git
+>       # package to test drive the server with the unpriveleged user
+>       spacebar-server.packages.x86_64-linux.default
+>       # edit the database
+>       pkgs.sqlite
+>     ];
+>     # I have noshell in my flake, so there won't be a login shell unless it's specified
+>     shell = pkgs.bash;
+>   };
+>   # Groups need to be 'initialized' on nixos
+>   users.groups.spacebar = {};
+> }
+> ```
+
+This configuration runs great! Well, given that you configure the database correctly - sqlite is going to be the death of me! `api_endpointPublic`, `cdn_endpointPublic`, and `gateway_endpointPublic` *all need to be set* before the server's connected up properly to take new users. That means running the below series of commands from the `sqlite3` repl - an interface without backspace~
+
+> ```bash
+> # as spacebar user
+> sqlite3 ~/database.db
+> ```
+>> ```sql
+>> update config
+>> set value='"https://spacebar-api.mtgmonkey.net/api/v9"'
+>> where key='api_endpointPublic';
+>> update config
+>> set value='"https://spacebar-api.mtgmonkey.net"'
+>> where key='cdn_endpointPublic';
+>> update config
+>> set value='"wss://spacebar-api.mtgmonkey.net"'
+>> where key='gateway_endpointPublic';
+>> .exit
+>> ```
+
+Beleive it or not, the server was only the *easy* part! I next had to configure the client.
+
+There are generally 3 web clients to choose from when it comes to Spacebar.
+- [The official client](https://github.com/spacebarchat/client), written in React, is the most beautiful. It's not fully featured, however, missing the home page, friends, DMs, and more.
+- [The legacy client](https://github.com/spacebarchat/client/tree/legacy-v2), written in Typescript, is known to work. Unfortunately, it is quite outdated and, no matter how much I tried, I could not get it to build on Nix.
+- [JankClient](https://github.com/MathMan05/JankClient), an unofficial client written in TypeScript, is, as its name suggests, quite janky. It requires frequent browser refreshes to fix visual glitches and is poorly optimised on mobile.
+
+JankClient, despite its glitchiness, is the one I finally decided on. Though the official client has a flake, it's currently non-functional, and has been for a while. Neither of the other two have flakes, unfortunately, but it's easy enough to run JankClient with Docker. I first ran `nix-shell -p compose2nix` before renaming `compose.yaml` to `docker-compose.yaml` (as compose2nix requires). I then ran compose2nix and used the output as the basis for [services/spacebar.nix](https://git.mtgmonkey.net/server-configuration.git/tree/services/spacebar.nix). I made a couple of major modifications: Firstly, I bound it to a different port as a matter of personal preference. I also changed all instances of `podman` with `docker`, as my rgit instance runs on docker and nix can only have 1 declaration of `virtualisation.oci-containers.backend`. Secondly, the generated `docker-build-spaceclient-jank.service` wouldn't run properly, so I had to build the image manually. Finally, I added an [anubis](https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis) PoW captcha and a reverse client entry in my [ferron](https://www.ferronweb.org) webserver, as appropriate.
+
+All code above is, clearly, just simplified snippets; the actual file are linked below
+- [flake.nix](https://git.mtgmonkey.net/server-configuration.git/tree/flake.nix).
+- [services/spacebar.nix](https://git.mtgmonkey.net/server-configuration.git/tree/services/spacebar.nix).
+- [services/ferron.nix](https://git.mtgmonkey.net/server-configuration.git/tree/services/ferron.nix).
+- [services/translate.nix](https://git.mtgmonkey.net/server-configuration.git/tree/services/ferron.nix).