How to Install Mattermost on Alpine Linux Latest

Mattermost is an open-source, self-hosted team collaboration platform for developers. It allows teams to communicate and share information securely.

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Mattermost on Alpine Linux latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need to make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

• Alpine Linux latest version installed and updated.
• Root access or sudo privileges on your Alpine Linux system.
• Docker and Docker-compose installed.

Step 1: Install Docker and Docker-compose

Install Docker and Docker-compose using the following commands:

$ sudo apk add docker docker-compose

Step 2: Create a Mattermost folder

Create a folder to store the Mattermost data on your system. You can use the following command to create a folder:

$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/mattermost-data

Step 3: Create a Mattermost docker-compose.yml file

Create a docker-compose.yml file for Mattermost using the following command:

$ sudo nano /opt/mattermost/docker-compose.yml

Add the following content to the file:

version: '3.7'

services:
  mattermost:
    image: mattermost/mattermost-preview:latest
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - ./config/:/mattermost/config/:rw
      - ./data:/mattermost/data/:rw
      - ./logs:/mattermost/logs/:rw
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    environment:
      - MM_SERVER_NAME=mattermost.example.com
      - MM_CONFIG_FILE=/mattermost/config/config.json
    ports:
      - "8065:8065"
    networks:
      - mattermost-network

networks:
  mattermost-network:

Make sure to replace the value of MM_SERVER_NAME with your server's domain name.

Step 4: Create a Mattermost config file

Create a configuration file for Mattermost using the following command:

$ sudo nano /opt/mattermost/config/config.json

Add the following content to the file:

{
    "ServiceSettings": {
        "SiteURL": "http://mattermost.example.com:8065"
    },
    "LogSettings": {
        "EnableConsole": true,
        "ConsoleLevel": "INFO",
        "FileLevel": "ERROR",
        "EnableFile": true,
        "FileLocation": "/mattermost/logs/mattermost.log",
        "FileFormat": "console"
    },
    "FileSettings": {
        "DriverName": "local",
        "Directory": "/mattermost/data/",
        "EnablePublicLink": true,
        "PublicLinkSalt": "somesecretstring",
        "ThumbnailHeight": 0,
        "ThumbnailWidth": 0
    },
    "EmailSettings": {
        "EnableSignUpWithEmail": false,
        "EnableSignInWithEmail": true,
        "EnableSignInWithUsername": false,
        "RequireEmailVerification": false,
        "FeedbackName": "Mattermost",
        "FeedbackEmail": "feedback@example.com",
        "SMTPUsername": "",
        "SMTPPassword": "",
        "SMTPServer": "",
        "SMTPPort": "",
        "ConnectionSecurity": "",
        "SendEmailNotifications": false,
        "UseChannelInNotifications": false,
        "RequireEmailVerification": false,
        "EnableEmailBatching": true,
        "EmailBatchingBufferSize": 256,
        "EmailBatchingInterval": 30,
        "SkipServerCertificateVerification": false,
        "EmailNotificationContentsType": "full"
    }
}

Make sure to replace the value of SiteURL, FeedbackEmail, SMTPUsername, SMTPPassword, SMTPServer, SMTPPort, and PublicLinkSalt with your own configuration.

Step 5: Start Mattermost

Start Mattermost using Docker-compose using the following command:

$ cd /opt/mattermost
$ sudo docker-compose up -d

Step 6: Access Mattermost

Access Mattermost by opening your web browser and entering your server domain name followed by port number 8065, for example: http://mattermost.example.com:8065

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Mattermost on Alpine Linux Latest!

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