PushBits is a real-time notification platform that allows developers to push notifications to various devices. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing PushBits on Alpine Linux latest.
First, you need to install some packages required for the installation of PushBits. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apk add nodejs npm git
This command will install Node.js, NPM package manager, and Git on your Alpine Linux system.
Next, you need to clone the PushBits repository from GitHub onto your system. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/pushbits/server.git
This command will create a new directory called server and clone the PushBits repository in it.
Once you have cloned the repository, navigate to the server directory and install the required dependencies using the following command:
cd server
npm install
This command will install all the required dependencies for PushBits.
Before running PushBits, you need to configure it by editing the configuration file, config.yml, located in the server/config directory. Open the file using your favorite editor and make the necessary changes to the configuration.
Now that you have configured PushBits, you can run it using the following command:
npm start
This command will start PushBits on your Alpine Linux system.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install PushBits on Alpine Linux latest. This real-time notification platform is a great tool for developers who want to push notifications to various devices.
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