Boteraser Manual Install

This is a quick manual on how to install and configure the Boteraser client on your server. You must run these steps as the root user.

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Download be-client-latest.tar.gz to your preferred location (recommended: /opt):

cd /opt
wget https://github.com/sofset-dev/boteraser/raw/refs/heads/main/be-client/be-client-latest.tar.gz

Extract the archive and enter the directory:

tar -xzvf be-client-latest.tar.gz
cd boteraser

This creates /opt/boteraser containing be-client, be.conf and be-client.service.

Edit the configuration file. Open be.conf with a text editor:

nano be.conf
or
vi be.conf

In be.conf, enter:

CONSENT_ACCEPTED=”yes” – required; the client will not start until this is set to “yes”
Your API KEY – you can get it at: https://user.boteraser.com/api.php
The full path to the access.log of the domain you want to protect

Example:

CONSENT_ACCEPTED=”yes”
API_KEY=”<YOUR API KEY>”
LOG_PATH=”/var/log/nginx/access.log”

Save and exit.

Install the systemd service:

sudo cp /opt/boteraser/be-client.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

If you extracted the files somewhere other than /opt/boteraser, edit the WorkingDirectory and ExecStart paths in /etc/systemd/system/be-client.service to match your location.

Start it and enable it on boot:

sudo systemctl enable –now be-client

Verify it is running:

sudo systemctl status be-client
sudo journalctl -u be-client -f

✅ That’s it! BE-Client now runs continuously in the background and protects your server automatically.