setup_signal_server.md

Setup Signal Server

First, you need to clone the latest Signal-Server repository to your computer:

  git clone {directory to the latest signal-server}

Change directory to local repository:

  cd {directory to the latest signal-server}

Build the main server jar

  mvn install -DskipTests

Once the build, has completed. You will be able to configure the configuration.yml and find the main server.jar file.

  cd service/config/
  nano sample.yml

You now need to fill in all the necessary sections for you to start the signal server, once you have verified the configuration is correct.

  java -jar service/target/TextSecureServer-1.88.jar  messagedb migrate  config/Signal.yml
  java -jar service/target/TextSecureServer-1.88.jar  accountdb migrate  config/Signal.yml
  java -jar service/target/TextSecureServer-1.88.jar  abusedb migrate  config/Signal.yml

  screen -S signal_server
  cd ../service/target
  java -jar target/TextSecureServer-2.55.jar  server config/sample.yml