gnae/lavalink-server

Where I can host ?

Windows • Linux • replit

what is pm2

PM2 is a production process manager for Node.js applications with a built-in load balancer. It allows you to keep applications alive forever, to reload them without downtime and to facilitate common system admin tasks.

Windows

• download and install java here

Note: Java v11 or newer is required to run the Lavalink.jar. Java v13 is recommended. If you are using sdkman then its a manager, not Java, you have to install sdkman and use sdkman to install Java

Warning: Java v14 has issues with Lavalink.

• download or gitclone

git clone https://github.com/brblacky/lavalink-server.git

• go into the folder with lavalink-server

• edit application.yml Password and port

• run for: double click on start.sh

pm2

• install node.js
• install pm2 npm i pm2
• run pm2 start java -- -jar Lavalink.jar

Linux

• download curl

sudo apt install -y curl

Note: Java v11 or newer is required to run the Lavalink.jar. Java v13 is recommended. If you are using sdkman then its a manager, not Java, you have to install sdkman and use sdkman to install Java

Warning: Java v14 has issues with Lavalink.

• download or gitclone

git clone https://github.com/brblacky/lavalink-server.git

• cd lavalink-server

• Run lavalink and install java chmod +x start.sh

To run your script : ./start.sh Another option is as follows to execute shell script: sh start.sh OR bash start.sh Or sudo bash start.sh

pm2

• install node.js

sudo apt update

sudo apt install nodejs

• install pm2 npm i pm2
• run pm2 start java -- -jar Lavalink.jar

replit

Connecting

• Lavalink's port will always 443 in replit
• Default password youshallnotpass
• using custom lavalink client

Important notes

• To keep this 24/7 you need to make an account on UptimeRobot service, and make HTTP request to your app every 5 minutes. For example, if your app is named lavalink-repl and your repl username is ahmasa then make HTTP request to https://lavalink-repl.ahmasa.repl.co
• Do not forget to set your password (in application.yml file)
• Connection to node must be secured E.g https/wss

example

"host": "lavalink.brblacky1.repl.co",
"password": "LAVA",
"port": 443,
"identifier": "lavalink 5",     
"secure": true