Chatwoot is an open-source live chat software that allows businesses to communicate with their customers in real-time. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Chatwoot on Debian Latest.
Before you start, you need to make sure that you have the following on your Debian Latest server:
If you already have Node.js installed, you can skip this step. To install Node.js on your Debian Latest server, run the following commands:
sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Verify the installation by checking the version of Node.js:
node -v
Chatwoot uses PostgreSQL as its database management system. You can install PostgreSQL on Debian Latest by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install postgresql
After installing PostgreSQL, you need to create a new user and a database for Chatwoot:
sudo -u postgres psql
CREATE USER chatwoot WITH PASSWORD 'password';
CREATE DATABASE chatwoot_production OWNER chatwoot;
Exit the PostgreSQL shell by typing:
\q
To install Chatwoot on Debian Latest, follow these steps:
Clone the Git repository:
git clone https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot.git
Navigate to the Chatwoot directory:
cd chatwoot
Install the required dependencies:
yarn install --ignore-engines --check-files
Build Chatwoot:
RAILS_ENV=production DISABLE_SPRING=1 rake db:create db:migrate assets:precompile
Start the server:
RAILS_ENV=production bin/rails server --binding=0.0.0.0
The Chatwoot should now be running on your Debian Latest server. You can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://your-server-ip:3000.
In this tutorial, we explained how to install Chatwoot on Debian Latest. Now you can start using Chatwoot to communicate with your customers in real-time.
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