Chatwoot is an open-source customer communication platform that helps businesses to connect with their customers via messaging applications like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and other live chats. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Chatwoot on EndeavourOS.
Before installing Chatwoot, make sure that you have the following things:
Chatwoot requires Redis, an in-memory data structure store, to store and manage data. You can install Redis on your system by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S redis
After installing Redis, start the Redis server by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start redis
You can also enable the Redis server to start automatically at boot time by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable redis
Chatwoot uses PostgreSQL as its database management system. You can install PostgreSQL on your EndeavourOS system by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S postgresql
After installing PostgreSQL, start the PostgreSQL server by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start postgresql
You can also enable the PostgreSQL server to start automatically at boot time by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
To install Chatwoot, you need to clone the Chatwoot repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot.git
After cloning the repository, navigate to the Chatwoot directory by running the following command:
cd chatwoot
Next, install the Chatwoot dependencies by running the following command:
yarn
Next, you need to configure the Chatwoot application. To configure the Chatwoot, copy the example configuration file to the actual configuration file by running the following command:
cp .env.development.example .env.development
Then, open the .env.development file in your favorite text editor and modify the following entries:
REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost/chatwoot_development
Save the changes and close the file.
Finally, you can start the Chatwoot development server by running the following command:
yarn run dev-server
After running the above command, you should see the Chatwoot development server start on your system.
You can now access the Chatwoot application by navigating to http://localhost:3000/ in your web browser.
That's it! You have successfully installed Chatwoot on your EndeavourOS system.
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install Chatwoot on EndeavourOS. You can now use the Chatwoot application to manage customer communication via messaging applications like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and other live chats. Happy chatting!
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