🏃🏻‍♂️ Running and deploying the server

There are many methods to run the server. Choose one that suits best for the situation.

👷🏻 Development mode

There will be no compilation step, and Bun will automatically watch changes and restart the server for you.

You can quickly start the server by running:

bun dev

If you're looking to build and host the server somewhere else, you can run:

bun run build

The distribution files will be placed inside the dist directory. Inside will include:

You'll need to also copy the node_modules directory dereferenced if you want to run the distribution files somewhere else.

To deploy the API, you'll need to:

Copy contents of the dist directory

# For instance, we'll copy them both to /usr/src/api
cp -R ./dist/* /usr/src/api

Replace the default configuration (optional)
Configure environment variables
As seen in .env.example. You can also optionally use a .env file which Bun will automatically load.
Finally, you can run the API using these commands
```
cd /usr/src/api
bun run index.js
```

The next page will tell you about packets.