Discord, although currently a centralized corporation, is an excellent way to connect with people in the Steem ecosystem. If you would like a discord bot to curate Steemit links for your server, this guide is for you. The cost per month is around $2.50 us to $4.50 us for a VPS with 2GB ram.

![Screenshot_2018-06-25_12-38-29.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPidb3FhMQBdrSEBRiepJyveeuU6QQe5WcY4ZFn9EixFN/Screenshot_2018-06-25_12-38-29.png)

First, log into a VPS or linux shell, in this case I will be using Ubuntu 16.04. You also need to create a bot within discord. A full guide how to do this, is [here](https://github.com/Jestemkioskiem/steem-sockobot/blob/master/HOW_TO_DEPLOY.md).

Start with cloning into the bot's software.

> sudo apt-get install git
>
> git clone https://github.com/Jestemkioskiem/steem-sockobot.git

Next, you need to install python correctly. This is working for me on Ubuntu 16.04

> cd steem-sockobot
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get -y upgrade
> sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip 
> sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev

Add your environmental variables by typing 

>  sudo nano ~/.bashrc

Then enter the details to the bottom of the file

> export SB_NAME="steem name
> export SB_KEY="steem key"
> export SB_TOKEN="discord token"

Run this command 

> source ~/.bashrc

Edit bot.py to how you want it to be. Making sure to change the following settings.

> SERVER_ID = '413394798255407114' # Discord server's ID
> ROLE_NAME = 'VIP'           # Discord server's granted role name

Add your bot's username and fill out the details / password

> sudo adduser discordbot

Change users over to discordbot with 

> su discordbot

Type

> pip3 install discord coinmarketcap steem

Now you can run the bot with the command,

> python3 bot.py

You can also run the bot in the background with,

> python3 bot.py&

If you would like your bot to start with the server, try reading some solutions in this [thread](https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=80009). 

Don't forget to show the developer of this application some appreciation, if you liked this bot.  @jestemkioskiem is the creator.