# AO API Server (ao-server)

An AO server, or AO API server keeps track of the history of a single community. One or more users can connect to the same AO server and communicate. 

## Installation

Use [ao-cli](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@autonomousorganization/ao-cli) to install.

If installing manually:

```
cd ~
git clone http://git.coalitionofinvisiblecolleges.org:3009/autonomousorganization/ao-server.git
cd ao-server
npm i --force
```

(`--force` is necessary temporarily because we are using a development version of TypeScript to make compiling simpler using a new feature.)

## Starting the server

To start the server running, do:

`npm run serve`

## Installing as a service

To run the server in the background or on system startup, install it as a systemd service.

Use `ao-cli` to do this; it has have an easy menu option built in for this (very soon).