Install GreenGekko on Ubuntu Linux

On discord chat (https://discord.gg/26wMygt), where users are helping each other, @marty#4491 contributed this guide on how to install GreenGekko on ubuntu linux (using Google Cloud or Azure services)

References

GreenGekko on GitHub (https://github.com/mark-sch/GreenGekko) Install PostgreSQL (https://computingforgeeks.com/install-postgresql-12-on-ubuntu/)

GreenGekko Installation

Create a virtual machine on Google Cloud compute (Ubuntu 19.10) or Azure (18.04 LTS)
Enable ssh and connect via putty (or not)
Install git if required (sudo apt install git)
Install build dependencies (sudo apt-get install build-essential)
Install npm if required (sudo apt install npm)
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
git clone https://github.com/mark-sch/GreenGekko
cd gekko
Install tulip and talib (npm i talib tulind)
npm install
cd exchange
npm install

Postgres Install

wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ lsb_release -cs-pgdg main" |sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt -y install postgresql-12 postgresql-client-12
sudo service postgresql start

Configure Postgres

sudo -u postgres psql
psql -c "alter user postgres with password 'StrongAdminP@ssw0rd'"
create user gekkodbuser with encrypted password '1234';
alter role gekkodbuser createdb;

Other stuff to mke your life easier

Install pm2 (sudo npm install pm2 -g)
Create aliases (edit ./bashrc)