Mattermost is a self-hosted, open-source messaging platform that aims to provide team collaboration functionalities. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Mattermost on Clear Linux Latest from the official website.
Before installing Mattermost, you need to ensure that:
Mattermost requires some dependencies to be installed on Clear Linux Latest to function properly. You can install them using the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-postgresql
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-go
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-openssl
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-cmake
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libxml2
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libxslt
sudo swupd bundle-add runtime-basic
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-graphicsmagick
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libexif
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libjpeg-turbo
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libtiff
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-openldap
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-pcre
Mattermost uses PostgreSQL as its backend database. Therefore, we need to create a new database and user with permissions to access it. You can do this with the following command:
sudo -u postgres createuser -P mattermost
sudo -u postgres createdb -O mattermost mattermost
Download the latest version of Mattermost available in the official website. Extract the downloaded file to /opt.
cd /opt
sudo wget https://releases.mattermost.com/5.38.1/mattermost-team-5.38.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzf mattermost-team-5.38.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
Mattermost should be started as a service to ensure it runs at boot time. Create a systemd service file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mattermost.service
Paste the following code and save the file:
[Unit]
Description=Mattermost
After=syslog.target
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
ExecStart=/opt/mattermost/bin/mattermost
Restart=always
TimeoutStartSec=0
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Reload systemd to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Finally, start the Mattermost service with the following command:
sudo systemctl start mattermost
You can verify that Mattermost is running by checking the status of the service:
sudo systemctl status mattermost
You have successfully installed Mattermost on Clear Linux Latest. You can now access it by opening a web browser and visiting your server's IP address or domain name followed by the default port 8065.
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