How to Host a discord bot🤖 24/7 in a Ubuntu Server

Hello, In this post we will be seeing how to host a discord.py bot 24/7 on a ubuntu server. This post assumes that you have already coded your discord bot.

These are some of the simple steps to keep running your bot 24/7

1. SSH into your server using putty or any other you prefer

2. Run sudo apt-get install supervisor to install supervisor-ctl

3. Then Run This command to make a new config sudo nano /etc/supervisor/conf.d/yourproject.conf

4. Then type the following
   

   	[program:yourproject]
   	directory=/home/gamic/projects/gamic/
   	command=/usr/bin/python /home/gamic/projects/gamic/bot.py
   	user=root
   	autostart=true
   	autorestart=true
   	stopasgroup=true
   	killasgroup=true
   	stderr_logfile=/var/log/gamic/flaskblog.err.log
   	stdout_logfile=/var/log/gamic/flaskblog.out.log

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5. Run sudo supervisorctl restart all to restart the service with new configuration

6. That's it now you can see your bot online 24/7 and even if you restart your server your bot will restart and come online

Some important notes

1. the place where I have mentioned your project or project please change it to your desired name

2. Also please change the following to according to your name

   • directory
   • stderr_logfile
   • stdout_logfile
   • user

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Comments

[Swapnil Bhagat]

Was that disclaimer supposed to have a link??
Also few typos. . .

[Raghav Mrituanjaya]

I'm sorry will modify it

[Mutim]

This is incomplete. At step 4, you instruct readers to type the following, but there's nothing there to type.

[Mutim]

This is incomplete. At step 4, you instruct readers to type the following, but there's nothing there to type.