deploy-backend.mdx

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      2 title: "Step 2: Deploy Backend (The Listener)"
      3 sidebarTitle: "2. Deploy Backend"
      4 ---
      5 
      6 import Copyright from "/snippets/copyright.mdx";
      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>
     25 **Logs**
     26 
     27 Go to `https://your-app.onrender.com/logs` to see the logs from server. You have to login first to see the logs.
     28 </Tip>
     29 
     30 ## Excluding specific chats from logging
     31 
     32 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:
     33 
     34 ```javascript
     35 // --- CONFIGURATION ---
     36 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
     37 const AUTH_USER = process.env.AUTH_USER;
     38 const AUTH_PASS = process.env.AUTH_PASS;
     39 const MAX_LOGS = 500;
     40 const MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_TOKEN = 15;
     41 const VERSION = '4.2.3';
     42 const EXCLUDED_JIDS = new Set(['']);
     43 
     44 module.exports = {
     45     PORT,
     46     AUTH_USER,
     47     AUTH_PASS,
     48     MAX_LOGS,
     49     MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_TOKEN,
     50     VERSION,
     51     EXCLUDED_JIDS
     52 };
     53 ```
     54 
     55 `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.
     56 
     57 Continue to [Connect WhatsApp](/whatsapp-logger/connect-whatsapp).
     58 
     59 <Copyright />