Of course, you don’t have to install Rocket.Chat on Ubuntu 16.04, if you use one of our Managed Ubuntu Hosting plans, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to install Rocket.Chat on Ubuntu 16.04 for you. For more information on how to use and configure Rocket.Chat please check their official documentation. Where you can create your administrative account and configure Rocket.Chat according to your needs. ➔ +-+Īnd you will be able to access Rocket.Chat setup wizard with your favorite web browser at If Rocket.Chat is successfully started you should get the following output ➔ +-+ Node main.js Step 5: Verify Rocket.Chat installation and finalize the installation vie web browser Set the environment variables accordingly and start Rocket.Chat by executing the following commands cd /opt/rocketckat/Įxport MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/rocketchat Next, install all necessary packages listed in the packages.json file provided by Rocket.Chat cd rocketckat/programs/server The content of the application will be stored in a new directory named ‘bundle’. Go to Rocket.Chat’s official website and download the latest stable release of the application cd /opt To confirm that the installed version is 8.9.3 you can run the following command node -version Run the following command to install Node.js version 8.9.3 n 8.9.3 We will install a tool simply called ‘n’ so we can change the Node.js version. It is recommended to use Node.js version 8.9.3 in order to run Rocket.Chat. We will also need to install build-essential in order to install some npm packages apt -y install build-essential Run the following command apt -y install npm nodejs Next, we will install Node.js and npm package manager on the server. Systemctl enable mongodb Step 3: Install Node.js and npm Save the file, start the MongoDB server and enable it to start upon server restart systemctl start mongodb In order to start MongoDB as a service, we will create a unit file with the following content nano /etc/systemd/system/rviceĭescription=High-performance, schema-free document-oriented databaseĮxecStart=/usr/bin/mongod -quiet -config /etc/nf You can check the version of MongoDB using the following command mongo -version Once the key is added, we can proceed and add the official MongoDB repository echo "deb trusty/mongodb-org/4.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt//mongodb-org-4.0.listĪnd finally, update the local package database and install MongoDB and its dependencies apt updateĪpt install -y mongodb-org curl graphicsmagick In order to install MongoDB from their official released packages, we will have to import the MongoDB public key as shown below apt-key adv -keyserver hkp://:80 -recv 9DA31620334BD75D9DCB49F368818C72E52529D4 MongoDB has their own repositories and provides the latest version of the database server. It can be installed from the official Ubuntu repositories using the apt package manager, but it is not the latest version maintained by the MongoDB team. Rocket.Chat requires a MongoDB database, so we will have to install MongoDB database server. Login to your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS via SSH as user root ssh we start with the installation, make sure that all installed packages are updated to the latest version apt update & apt upgrade Step 2: Install MongoDB database server The following prerequisites need to be met in order to install and run Rocket.Chat – It is recommended to have at least 2 GB of memory for Rocket.Chat, so we will use our SSD 2 VPS hosting plan – SSH root access which comes by default with all our VPS hosting plans – Node.js – JavaScript run-time environment – MongoDB database server – GraphicsMagick and curl Step 1: Login via SSH and update the server Rocket.Chat comes with tons of useful features, such as: – Public and private channels – Live chat / Messaging call center / Audio Calls – Different APIs – File Upload and sharing – Remote Video Monitoring – Custom emojis, sounds, and company assets – Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux, and web applications ![]() This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for installing Rocket.Chat on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. It offers a chat, file sharing, video calls, helpdesk and voice services which makes it a great alternative to Slack. Rocket.Chat is a self-hosted and open source web chat server.
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