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Deploy Metaverse

Deploy the Metaverse desktop to production.

Local Build​

# Build production version
npm run build

# Package Electron app
npm run package:win    # Windows
npm run package:mac    # macOS
npm run package:linux  # Linux

Production Configuration​

// packages/main/src/config.ts

export const config = {
  isDev: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production',
  dbPath: process.env.DB_PATH || path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'opentree.db'),
  apiPort: 3210,
  metaversePort: 5174,
  autoUpdate: true,
  telemetry: false,
}

Auto Launch​

import { app } from 'electron'
import AutoLaunch from 'auto-launch'

const launcher = new AutoLaunch({ name: 'OpenTree' })

if (config.autoStart) {
  launcher.enable()
}

Auto Update​

import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater'

autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify()

autoUpdater.on('update-available', () => {
  // Notify user of new version
})

autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
  // Prompt user to restart and install
})

Data Backup​

// Periodic backup
import { schedule } from 'node-cron'
import { copyFileSync } from 'fs'

schedule('0 3 * * *', () => {
  const backupPath = path.join(backupDir, `opentree-${Date.now()}.db`)
  copyFileSync(config.dbPath, backupPath)
  // Clean up backups older than 7 days
})