In reply to @shaniag:matrix.org
to start the bot I use the node index.js command

In reply to @shaniag:matrix.org
I think this all works out, but the problem now is in my local dev envrionment I have the file config.json where my secret bot token is, and I somehow need to also have that on the directory on the server. But since that is in .gitignore because not everyone shuold see it I do not have that necessary file on the server :(

In reply to @lily:lily.flowers
(I mostly mentioned this channel since I saw you had a custom installPhase and thought you might have been having buildNpmPackage problems with the default install phase 😅)

Sep 10 21:37:38 server node[528332]: Error: Cannot find module 'discord.js'

In reply to @lily:lily.flowers
How is your flake structured? You probably want the working directory as that of the built package, not the flake source directory

bot = {
      url = "github:...";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

In reply to @shaniag:matrix.org

bot = {
      url = "github:...";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

There has to be some little mistake with these two lines:

ExecStart = "${pkgs.nodejs_20}/bin/node index.js --token=$CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY/bot.token";
LoadCredential = "bot.token:/var/run/bot-token.txt";

In reply to @shaniag:matrix.org
the token inside of that file is correct

In reply to @lily:lily.flowers
So if you run it locally/manually with node index.js --token=/var/run/bot-token.txt it works?