PolitikTok

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Manual Deployment ​

Deploy PolitikTok by building from source.

Prerequisites ​

  • Rust 1.82+
  • Dioxus CLI 0.7.3
  • PostgreSQL 16+
  • Qdrant (for RAG features)
  • Keycloak (for authentication)

Build for Production ​

bash
git clone https://github.com/mighty840/politiktok.git
cd politiktok

# Build the release binary
dx build --release

The compiled binary will be in target/release/.

Configure Environment ​

Create a .env file or export environment variables:

bash
export APP__HOST=0.0.0.0
export APP__PORT=9000
export DATABASE__URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/politiktok
export LLM__BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434/v1
export LLM__MODEL=llama3.1:8b
export EMBEDDING__BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434/v1
export EMBEDDING__MODEL=nomic-embed-text
export VECTOR_STORE__URL=http://localhost:6334
export KEYCLOAK__URL=http://localhost:8080
export KEYCLOAK__REALM=politiktok
export KEYCLOAK__CLIENT_ID=politiktok-app

Run Migrations ​

bash
sqlx migrate run

Create a Systemd Service ​

Create /etc/systemd/system/politiktok.service:

ini
[Unit]
Description=PolitikTok Campaign Intelligence Platform
After=network.target postgresql.service

[Service]
Type=simple
User=politiktok
Group=politiktok
WorkingDirectory=/opt/politiktok
ExecStart=/opt/politiktok/target/release/politiktok
EnvironmentFile=/opt/politiktok/.env
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable and start:

bash
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable politiktok
systemctl start politiktok

Verify ​

bash
systemctl status politiktok
curl http://localhost:9000

Next Steps ​