This section explains how to create our nwatchcanada service user account which will be dedicated strictly to running our nwapp-back.

1. Create a services user for the application:

   ``` $ sudo groupadd --system nwatchcanada; $ sudo useradd --system --gid nwatchcanada --shell /bin/bash --home /opt/nwatchcanada nwatchcanada;

2. Create project home inside /opt:

   $ sudo mkdir /opt/nwatchcanada

3. Give the permissions to the nwatchcanada user:

   $ sudo chown nwatchcanada:nwatchcanada /opt/nwatchcanada

4. Go into our new user. Note: sudo is to elevate privilege and su to switch users.

   $ sudo su - nwatchcanada

5. Setup our go folders.

   $ mkdir -p ~/go/{bin,pkg,src}

6. Open this file.

   vi ~/.bash_profile

7. Append the following:

   export GOROOT=/usr/local/go export GOBIN="$HOME/go/bin" export GOPATH="$HOME/go"

8. Apply your changes.

   source /etc/profile && source ~/.bash_profile