How to Install PushBits on EndeavourOS Latest

PushBits is a server application designed to help developers easily push mobile notifications to their customers. It can be installed on various operating systems, including EndeavourOS. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing PushBits on EndeavourOS latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing PushBits, ensure you have the following prerequisites:

Installation

Follow these steps to install PushBits on EndeavourOS:

  1. Create a new user for running PushBits. You can create a new user by running the following command:
sudo adduser pushbits
  1. Clone the PushBits server repository from GitHub using the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/pushbits/server.git /opt/pushbits
  1. Change the ownership of the PushBits server directory to the pushbits user by running the following command:
sudo chown -R pushbits:pushbits /opt/pushbits
  1. Install the dependencies required by PushBits by running the following command:
sudo apt install nodejs npm
  1. Change to the pushbits user and install the npm packages required by PushBits. You can do this by running these commands:
sudo su pushbits
cd /opt/pushbits
npm install
  1. Exit the pushbits user account by running the following command:
exit
  1. Create a new system service file for PushBits by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/pushbits.service
  1. Add the following contents to the service file:
[Unit]
Description=PushBits
After=network.target

[Service]
User=pushbits
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /opt/pushbits/index.js
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  1. Save the file and exit the text editor.

  2. Enable and start the PushBits service using the following command:

sudo systemctl enable pushbits
sudo systemctl start pushbits
  1. Check the status of the PushBits service using the following command:
sudo systemctl status pushbits

If the installation was successful, this command should display the status of the service as active.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PushBits on your EndeavourOS system. You can now start sending mobile notifications to your customers.

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