deploy-backend.md

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      2 label: 2. Deploy Backend
      3 order: 870
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      5 
      6 # Step 2: Deploy Backend (The Listener)
      7 
      8 1. **Fork the repository** to your own GitHub account: [WhatsApp-Logger-Self-Hosted-](https://github.com/notamitgamer/WhatsApp-Logger-Self-Hosted-)
      9 2. Log in to [Render](https://render.com/).
     10 3. Click **New +** → **Web Service**.
     11 4. Connect your forked repository.
     12 5. **Runtime**: select **Docker**.
     13 6. Add the following **environment variables** under "Advanced":
     14 
     15 | Variable | Value |
     16 |---|---|
     17 | `FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT` | The entire content of the service-account JSON file downloaded in the Firebase step |
     18 | `AUTH_USER` | A username of your choice (e.g. `admin`) |
     19 | `AUTH_PASS` | A strong password — this locks your logger |
     20 
     21 7. Click **Create Web Service**.
     22 8. Wait for deployment to finish. Render gives you a URL like `https://your-app.onrender.com`.
     23 
     24 !!!tip Logs
     25 Go to `https://your-app.onrender.com/logs` to see the logs from server. You have to login first to see the logs.
     26 !!!
     27 
     28 ## Excluding specific chats from logging
     29 
     30 If there are chats you don't want logged at all — a bot, a broadcast/status JID, a business account — edit `EXCLUDED_JIDS` in `src/config.js` on your fork before deploying:
     31 
     32 ```javascript
     33 // --- CONFIGURATION ---
     34 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
     35 const AUTH_USER = process.env.AUTH_USER;
     36 const AUTH_PASS = process.env.AUTH_PASS;
     37 const MAX_LOGS = 500;
     38 const MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_TOKEN = 15;
     39 const VERSION = '4.2.3';
     40 const EXCLUDED_JIDS = new Set(['']);
     41 
     42 module.exports = {
     43     PORT,
     44     AUTH_USER,
     45     AUTH_PASS,
     46     MAX_LOGS,
     47     MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_TOKEN,
     48     VERSION,
     49     EXCLUDED_JIDS
     50 };
     51 ```
     52 
     53 `EXCLUDED_JIDS` is a set of full JIDs (the `...@s.whatsapp.net` / `...@g.us` / `...@lid` identifiers, not just a phone number) that are skipped entirely — they won't be cached, streamed, or included in exports. It ships empty by default. You can find a chat's exact JID from the live server logs (see the tip above) the first time it logs a message, then add it here, e.g. `new Set(['917278779512@s.whatsapp.net', '201554426618024@lid'])`, and redeploy.
     54 
     55 Continue to [Connect WhatsApp](connect-whatsapp.md).
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