- [**Sonic**](https://crates.io/crates/sonic-server) (More lightweight, but less features) | [Installation guide](https://github.com/valeriansaliou/sonic#installation)
- Caching server (Choose one)
This will be used for storing stuff like antennas. If you won't install any, mandatory Redis instance will be used instead
In case you want to run Iceshrimp as a different user, run `adduser --disabled-password --disabled-login iceshrimp`
Following steps will require you to run them as the user you have made, so use `su - iceshrimp`, or `sudo -iu iceshrimp`, or whatever else method in order to temporarily log in as that user.
### Configuration
- Copy `.config/example.yml` to `.config/default.yml`
- Edit `.config/default.yml` with text editor
- Make sure to set PostgreSQL and Redis section correctly
If this is your first run, after Iceshrimp has started successfully, you'll be able to go to the URL you have specified in `.config/default.yml` and create first user.
- To stop the server, use `Ctrl-C`.
### Running using systemd
- Run `sudo cp docs/examples/iceshrimp.service /etc/systemd/system/`
- Edit `/etc/systemd/system/iceshrimp.service` with text editor, and change `User`, `WorkingDir`, `ExecStart` if necessary.
- Run `sudo systemctl daemon-reload`
- Run `sudo systemctl enable --now iceshrimp` in order to enable and start Iceshrimp.
- (Optional) Check if instance is running using `sudo systemctl status iceshrimp`