How to Install Chatwoot on Alpine Linux

Chatwoot is an open-source customer support tool that allows businesses to connect with their customers across a variety of channels, including web, social media, and email. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Chatwoot on Alpine Linux.

Prerequisites

• An instance of Alpine Linux
• Root or sudo privileges to execute commands

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before we install Chatwoot, we need to install some necessary dependencies. To install them, run the following command:

sudo apk add ruby ruby-bundler nodejs sqlite-dev postgresql-client make gcc libc-dev g++ tzdata

Step 2: Download and Extract Chatwoot

Download the latest version of Chatwoot from the official website using the following command:

wget https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/archive/v1.22.0.tar.gz

Once the download is complete, extract the archive using the following command:

tar -zxvf v1.22.0.tar.gz

Step 3: Configure the Database

Chatwoot supports both PostgreSQL and SQLite databases. In this tutorial, we'll use SQLite. If you prefer to use PostgreSQL, you will need to modify the config/database.yml file with your PostgreSQL credentials.

To configure the SQLite database, run the following commands within the extracted Chatwoot directory:

cp config/database.yml.sample config/database.yml
bundle install
bin/rails db:create
bin/rails db:migrate

Step 4: Install Node.js Dependencies

Chatwoot also requires some Node.js dependencies. To install them, run the following commands within the extracted Chatwoot directory:

npm install -g yarn
yarn install --check-files

Step 5: Configure Chatwoot

In the extracted Chatwoot directory, copy the .env.sample file to .env using the following command:

cp .env.sample .env

You can now modify the .env configuration file to suit your needs. Be sure to set the RAILS_ENV variable to production if you intend to run Chatwoot in production.

Step 6: Run Chatwoot

To start Chatwoot, simply run the following command within the extracted Chatwoot directory:

bundle exec rails s -b 0.0.0.0

This will start the Chatwoot server and bind it to all network interfaces. You can access the Chatwoot web interface in your web browser by navigating to http://<your-server-ip>:3000.

Conclusion

In conclusion, we have learned how to install Chatwoot on Alpine Linux. We hope this tutorial was helpful, and you can now use Chatwoot to connect with your customers across various channels.

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