Installing Zulip on Clear Linux Latest

Zulip is a modern group chat application that is designed to help teams communicate more efficiently. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Zulip on Clear Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure that you have the latest version of Clear Linux installed on your system. You should also have sudo access or be logged in as the root user.

Install Dependencies

Zulip requires some dependencies to be installed on your system before you can proceed with the installation. Use the following command to install the required dependencies:

sudo swupd bundle-add python3-basic postgresql nodejs-basic

Install Zulip

Once the dependencies are installed, you can proceed with the installation of Zulip. You can download the latest version of Zulip from their official website, https://zulip.org.

wget https://github.com/zulip/zulip/archive/stable.tar.gz
tar xvf stable.tar.gz
cd zulip-stable

Install Python Libraries

Before you can start the installation process, you need to install a few Python libraries that are required by Zulip.

pip3 install venv
pip3 install cairocffi cffi pyscreenshot
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Configure PostgreSQL

Zulip requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. Use the following commands to install and configure PostgreSQL:

sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
sudo -u postgres psql
CREATE DATABASE zulip;
CREATE USER zulip WITH PASSWORD 'zulip_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE zulip TO zulip;
\q

Configure Zulip

Before you can start using Zulip, you need to configure it. Use the following command to copy the configuration file:

cp zproject/prod_settings_template.py zproject/prod_settings.py

Then, edit the prod_settings.py file and make the following changes:

...
REALM_URI = 'http://localhost:9991'
EXTERNAL_URI_SCHEME = "http"
EXTERNAL_HOST = "localhost"
EXTERNAL_PORT = "9991"
...

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': 'zulip',
        'USER': 'zulip',
        'PASSWORD': 'zulip_password',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '5432',
        'CONN_MAX_AGE': 600,
    },
}

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'your_email@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'your_email_password'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'zulip@localhost'

Change the EMAIL_HOST_USER and EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD values to your own email and password.

Run Zulip

You can now start the Zulip server with the following command:

./scripts/run-dev.py 

This will start the server on http://localhost:9991. You can now access Zulip by visiting this URL in your web browser.

Conclusion

That’s it! You have just installed and configured Zulip on Clear Linux Latest. Now you can start using Zulip for your team communication needs.

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