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Everyday care

creekX looks after itself: it restarts if it ever stops, and starts with the server. For the rest, there is one command, creekx, run on the server.

The commands

Command What it does
sudo creekx status Is it running, which version, the licence and the trial
sudo creekx logs What it has been saying (add -f to keep following)
sudo creekx restart Restart it
sudo creekx owner Set a new password for the owner
sudo creekx email Let creekX send email (below)
sudo creekx domain NAME Use https at a domain pointed at this server
sudo creekx backup Back up (Backups and moving)
sudo creekx licence FILE Add a licence file
sudo creekx metrics Where monitoring tools such as Prometheus read its numbers

Set up email

With email, people who forget their password can reset it, invitations arrive by themselves, and alerts reach you. creekX sends through a mail account you already have.

  1. Find your SMTP settings

    Your email provider's help pages list its "SMTP" or "outgoing mail" settings: a server name, a port (587 or 465), a user name and a password. Many providers want an app password made for this.

  2. Run the command

    sudo creekx email

    Answer its questions. It sends you a test email first, and keeps the settings only if it arrives.

sudo creekx email test [email protected] sends another test; sudo creekx email off stops email.

Upgrade

Run the install line again:

curl -fsSL https://creekx.io/get.sh | sudo bash

Everything is kept. If the new version does not start, the previous one is put back by itself. Channels pause briefly while it restarts.

See how the server is doing

  • More → Server: processor, memory, disk and data going out, live.
  • More → Help: checks every part of the server and says what to do about anything that is not fine.

Keep Ubuntu itself up to date too: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade.