Chitchatter is an open-source multi-platform LAN messaging tool that enables you to chat securely and privately with your peers on your local network.
Fedora CoreOS is an operating system built specifically for containerized workloads, making it an excellent choice if you are looking to deploy Chitchatter in a containerized environment.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process for Chitchatter on Fedora CoreOS Latest.
Before installing Chitchatter, ensure that your system is up-to-date by running the following command:
sudo dnf update -y
Podman is a daemonless container engine that lets you run containers as a non-root user. To install Podman, run the following command:
sudo dnf install podman -y
To download the Chitchatter image, run the following command:
podman pull chitchatter/im:latest
Now that you have the Chitchatter image downloaded, you can create a container from it by executing the following command:
podman run --name chitchatter -d chitchatter/im:latest
This command creates a container named "chitchatter" and runs it in the background.
To access Chitchatter, you need to activate the container's console. You can do this by running the following command:
podman exec -it chitchatter /bin/bash
This command opens a terminal session inside the container.
Once inside the Chitchatter container, launch the application by running the following command:
./chitchatter-qt5
You should now see the Chitchatter interface, where you can start chatting with your peers on your local network.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Chitchatter on Fedora CoreOS Latest using Podman. With Chitchatter, you can securely and privately chat with your peers on your local network.
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