In this tutorial we will help you deploy and configure a Debian machine to create a Discord bot. This tutorial is part of a series of tutorials on creating a Discord bot in Python.
To install a Debian machine and create a Discord bot in Python, you can follow these steps:
Download the Debian ISO image
To download the Debian ISO image, you can follow these steps:
- Visit the official Debian website: https://www.debian.org/ .
- Click on the “Download” link in the site menu.
- On the download page, select your architecture (e.g. 64-bit)
(You can select another architecture by clicking on " Debian versions " at the bottom of the page)
Click on the version link, the download will start.
Once the download is complete, you can create a virtual machine and use the Debian ISO image to install it, or burn the ISO image to a DVD or USB drive and use it to install Debian on your physical computer.
Our Proxmox Tutorial can be useful to you in deploying a virtualization environment.
Log in to your Debian machine and open a terminal.
Once your machine is installed, you can open a terminal to begin configuration.
You can open a terminal by clicking the Terminal icon in the menu or by using the key combination Ctrl + Alt + T.
In our example, we are using a virtual machine but the commands entered will be identical to the commands to be entered in a physical machine terminal.
System configuration.
We can start configuring the system.
First, you need to update the system
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
Press Y to validate the updates.
Install Python 3 and Developer Tools
Install Python 3 and developer tools using the command:
apt install python3 python3-dev
Install pip, the Python package manager, using the command
apt install python3-pip
Create a virtual environment for your project
In order to create a test environment, you need to install the "venv" command
apt-get install python3-venv
Create a virtual environment for your project using the command:
python3 -m venv my_environment_name
Activate the virtual environment using the command:
source my_environment_name/bin/activate
Install the discord.py module using the command
pip install discord.py
Debian machine is ready
The machine is ready to host the Bot's Python script. The next tutorial will focus on creating the bot itself.