WireStarter Documentation

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following prerequisites:

• A Signalwire Account

• A Signalwire API Credentials

• Docker Desktop

  • Install on MacOS
  • Install on Windows
  • Install on Linux

• An NGROK account and token. NGROK is optional but recommended for tunneling into the WireStarter container.

  • Sign up for NGROK

Installation

Windows:

Prerequisites

• Docker Desktop: Download and Install
• GitHub Desktop: Download and Install
• NGROK Account and Token: Sign Up

Steps:

1. Launch Docker Desktop.
2. Open GitHub Desktop.
3. Clone the repository.
4. In GitHub Desktop, navigate to Repository > Open in Command Prompt.
5. Install Git if prompted.
6. Run the windows-start.bat script

Linux quick start bash script

• Start-WireStarter.sh is an optional automated option to launch WireStarter in Linux
• How to use Start-WireStater.sh:

chmod +x Start-WireStater.sh
./Start-WireStater.sh

Mac OSX or Linux:

Steps:

1. Pull the repository: git pull.
2. Build and start the container: make up.
3. Enter the container: make enter or docker exec -ti wirestarter bash.

After starting, the container will build in the background and automatically place you in the SWiSH shell.

Features and Utilities

The following features and utilities are available if they exist in /workdir:

1. Source environment variables: . /workdir/.env.
2. Source bash configurations: . /workdir/.bashrc.
3. Link Emacs configuration: ln -f -s /workdir/.emacs ~/.emacs.
4. Link Git configuration: ln -f -s /workdir/.gitconfig ~.
5. Link SSH configuration: ln -f -s /workdir/.ssh ~.
6. Copy GitHub Copilot configuration: cp -drp /workdir/github-copilot ~/.config/.
7. Install Perl dependencies: cpanm --installdeps /workdir/ if /workdir/cpanfile exists.
8. Set up Go and Node Version Manager: setupgolang and setupnvm for persistent environments in /opt, which will be its own volume.

For more information, visit the WireStarter GitHub repository.

SignalWire Digital Employee

WireStarter also has the capability to setup and run pre-made AI Agent demo's. To install and run an AI Agent:

1. Type exit or ctrl+d to go back to exit the swsh command line
2. Then type setup.sh
3. Choose a language to work with
4. Select the Ai Agent to install.

*Please note each language has different AI Agents*