Snikket is an easy-to-use and privacy-friendly messaging app that can be self-hosted. It’s designed to provide a secure and private communication platform for small teams and organizations. This tutorial will guide you through installing Snikket on Clear Linux Latest.
Snikket is available as a Snap package. Snap is a universal package manager that simplifies application installation and updating across different Linux distributions. To install Snap on Clear Linux, run the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add package-utils
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/snapd/snap /snap
Snikket requires SSL/TLS encryption to secure communication between the server and clients. To obtain an SSL/TLS certificate, you need to install Certbot. Certbot is a command-line utility that automates the process of obtaining and renewing Let’s Encrypt certificates. Run the following command to install Certbot:
sudo snap install --classic certbot
Once you’ve installed Certbot, you can use it to obtain a Let's Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate. Replace EXAMPLE.COM with your domain name in the following command:
sudo certbot --nginx --agree-tos --redirect --hsts --staple-ocsp --email youremail@example.com -d EXAMPLE.COM
Certbot will ask you a few questions and then automatically configure Nginx to use HTTPS for your domain.
After you’ve installed Snapd and obtained an SSL/TLS certificate, you can install Snikket. Run the following command:
sudo snap install snikket-server
This will install Snikket and its dependencies.
After you've installed Snikket server, you need to configure it. You can do that by running the following command:
sudo snikket-server configure
This will guide you through configuring your Snikket server. Make sure to choose 1 for "Local connections only" for added security.
To start the Snikket server, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start snap.snikket-server.snikket-server
To ensure that the service starts at boot time, run:
sudo systemctl enable snap.snikket-server.snikket-server
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Snikket on Clear Linux Latest. Snikket provides an easy-to-use and privacy-friendly messaging platform that is perfect for small teams and organizations. With the steps we’ve outlined in this tutorial, you should now have Snikket up and running.
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