Manual Deployment

Manual deployment of Rivet is meant for advanced use cases. For a simpler solution, try our Docker Compose.

Prerequisites

• Git
• Docker

Architecture overview

Core cluster:

• Contains hardware running the Rivet server as well as databases.

Edge server:

• Contains hardware running the Rivet client.

Core Cluster Setup

0. Clone repo

1. Setup prerequisites

   This guide assumes you have the following already running in your core cluster:

   • CockroachDB
   • ClickHouse
   • Redis
   • S3 (any compatible provider)
   • NATS
   • Vector

2. Setup the Rivet server config with your existing components:

   rivet.yaml

   server:
     cockroachdb:
       url: <crdb instance url>
       username: root
     redis:
       ephemeral:
         url: <redis instance url>
         password: <redis password>
       persistent:
         url: <redis instance url>
         password: <redis password>
     clickhouse:
       http_url: <clickhouse instance http url>
       native_url: <clickhouse instance native url>
       username: default
     s3:
       region: <s3 region>
       endpoint_internal: <s3 internal url>
       endpoint_edge_internal: <s3 edge url> # see "Core Cluster <-> Edge Server" below
       endpoint_external: <s3 public url>
       access_key_id: <s3 access key id>
       secret_access_key: <s3 secret access key>
     nats:
       urls:
         - <nats url>
   
     # ...
   

3. Build and run the Rivet server docker container:

   Command Line

   # Run in the root of the Rivet repo
   docker build -t rivet-server -f docker/universal/Dockerfile --target server-full .
   

   Command Line

   docker run \
     -v "$(pwd)/rivet-server.yaml:/etc/rivet-server/config.yaml:ro" \ # Mount local config
     -v "$(pwd)/rivet-server-data:/data" \ # Persist data to `$(pwd)/rivet-server-data`
     -p 8080:8080 \
     -p 8081:8080 \
     -p 8082:8082 \
     rivet-server \
     /usr/bin/rivet-server start
   

Once running, you can visit the dashboard at http://localhost:8080.

Edge Server Setup

0. Clone repo

1. Setup Prerequisites

   This guide assumes you already have FoundationDB running on the edge.

2. Setup the Rivet client config:

   rivet.yaml

   client:
     runner:
       flavor: isolate
     cluster:
       client_id: <unique uuid for each server>
       datacenter_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
       api_endpoint: <core cluster url>:8080 # see "Core Cluster <-> Edge Server" below
       ws_addresses: !static
        - <edge cluster url>:8082 # see "Core Cluster <-> Edge Server" below
     network:
       bind_ip: 127.0.0.1
       lan_ip: 127.0.0.1
       wan_ip: <public ip of this server>
   
     # ...
   

   Currently, only the "isolate" flavor is supported for self hosting.

3. Build and run the Rivet client docker container:

   Command Line

   # Run in the root of the Rivet repo
   docker build -t rivet-client -f docker/universal/Dockerfile --target client-full .
   

   Command Line

   docker run \
     -v "$(pwd)/rivet-client.yaml:/etc/rivet-client/config.yaml:ro" \ # Mount local config
     -v "$(pwd)/rivet-client-data:/var/lib/rivet-client" \ # Persist data to `$(pwd)/rivet-client-data`
     -p 20000-20100:20000-20100 \
     rivet-client \
     -c /etc/rivet-client/config.yaml
   

Test deployment

To test creating an actor end-to-end, run:

./scripts/manual_tests/actors_e2e_js.ts

You should see an actor in the actor list in the dashboard.

Core Cluster <-> Edge Server

Communication between the core and edge should be handled via secure mTLS encrypted tunnels. Some common solutions:

• Cloudflare Tunnels
• common VLAN
• Tailscale
• Wireguard

Rivet Guard

The Rivet Guard system is currently unavailable with a manual deployment. Coming soon!

Caveats

Manual deployment currently only supports host networking and host ports.

Read more about host networking and ports here.