### Changes - Fixes one broken link (["Ansible Playbooks" here](https://docs.browsertrix.cloud/deploy/remote/)) - Formats relative links better to conform with [mkdocs 1.5 link validation improvements](https://www.mkdocs.org/about/release-notes/#expanded-validation-of-links)
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# Remote: Self-Hosted and Cloud
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For remote and hosted deployments (both on a single machine or in the cloud), the only requirement is to have a designed domain and (strongly recommended, but not required) second domain for signing web archives.
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We are also experimenting with [Ansible playbooks](ansible/digitalocean.md) for cloud deployment setups.
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The production deployments also allow using an external mongodb server, and/or external S3-compatible storage instead of the bundled minio.
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## Single Machine Deployment with MicroK8S
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For a single-machine remote deployment, we recommend using [MicroK8s](https://microk8s.io/).
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1. Install MicroK8S, as suggested in [the local deployment guide](../deploy/local.md) and ensure the `ingress` and `cert-manager` addons are also enabled.
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2. Copy `cp ./chart/examples/microk8s-hosted.yaml ./chart/my-config.yaml` to make local changes.
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2. Set the `ingress.host`, `ingress.cert_email` and `signing.host` fields in `./chart/my-config.yaml` to your host and domain
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3. Set the super-admin username and password, and mongodb username and password in `./chart/my-config.yaml`
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4. Run with:
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```shell
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helm upgrade --install -f ./chart/values.yaml -f ./chart/my-config.yaml btrix ./chart/
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```
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## Single Machine Deployment with k3s
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Another option for a single-machine remote deployment is [k3s](https://k3s.io)
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1. Install K3s, as suggested in the [local deployment guide](../deploy/local.md). Make sure to **disable traefik** which can be done by adding `--no-deploy traefik` to the `systemd` unit when installing k3s
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2. Install `nginx-ingress` with: `helm upgrade --install nginx ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx -n ingress-nginx --create-namespace`
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3. Install `cert-manager`. We recommend installing `cert-manager` through Jetpack, like so:
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```zsh
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helm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io
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helm repo update
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helm repo update jetstack
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helm upgrade --install \
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cert-manager jetstack/cert-manager \
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--namespace cert-manager \
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--create-namespace \
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--version v1.12.0 \
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--set installCRDs=true
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```
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4. Copy `cp ./chart/examples/k3s-hosted.yaml ./chart/my-config.yaml` to make local changes.
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5. Set the `ingress.host`, `ingress.cert_email` and `signing.host` fields in `./chart/my-config.yaml` to your host and domain
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6. Set the super-admin username and password, and mongodb username and password in `./chart/my-config.yaml`
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7. Run with:
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```shell
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helm upgrade --install -f ./chart/values.yaml -f ./chart/my-config.yaml btrix ./chart/
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```
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### Using Custom Storage
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If you would like to use existing external storage, such an existing S3-compatible storage, also set the default storage, for example:
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```yaml
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minio_local: false
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storages:
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- name: "default"
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access_key: <access key>
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secret_key: <secret key>
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endpoint_url: "https://s3.<region>.amazonaws.com/bucket/path/"
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```
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Note that this setup is not limited to Amazon S3, but should work with any S3-compatible storage service.
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### Using Custom MongoDB
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If you would like to use an externally hosted MongoDB, you can add the following config to point to a custom MongoDB instance.
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The `db_url` should follow the [MongoDB Connection String Format](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/connection-string/) which should include the username and password of the remote instance.
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```yaml
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mongo_local: false
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mongo_auth:
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db_url: mongodb+srv://...
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```
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## Cloud Deployment
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There are also many ways to deploy Browsertrix Cloud on various cloud providers.
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To simplify this process, we are working on Ansible playbooks for setting up Browsertrix Cloud on commonly used infrastructure.
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### Ansible Deployment
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[Ansible](https://ansible.com) makes the initial setup and configuration of your Browsertrix Cloud instance automated and repeatable.
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To use, you will need to [install Ansible](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#control-node-requirements) on your control computer and then you can use these to deploy to Browsertrix Cloud on remote and cloud environments.
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Currently, we provide playbooks for the following tested environments:
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- [DigitalOcean](ansible/digitalocean.md)
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- [Microk8s](ansible/microk8s.md)
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- [k3s](ansible/k3s.md)
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