Live Helper Chat is an open-source live chat solution that allows businesses to communicate with their website visitors in real-time. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Live Helper Chat on Fedora CoreOS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you meet the following requirements:
SSH into your server using the command below:
ssh root@your-server-ip
Update the package list:
dnf update -y
Install Docker:
dnf install docker -y
Start Docker and enable it to start at boot:
systemctl start docker
systemctl enable docker
Create a new directory to store the Live Helper Chat data:
mkdir -p /opt/live-helper-chat/data
Pull the Live Helper Chat Docker image:
docker pull livehelperchat/livehelperchat:latest
Run the Live Helper Chat Docker container with the following command:
docker run -d --name=live-helper-chat -p 80:80 -v /opt/live-helper-chat/data:/var/www/html/lhc_web/static -e MYSQL_SERVER_ADDRESS=YOUR_MYSQL_SERVER_ADDRESS -e MYSQL_SERVER_USERNAME=YOUR_MYSQL_SERVER_USERNAME -e MYSQL_SERVER_PASSWORD=YOUR_MYSQL_SERVER_PASSWORD -e MYSQL_DATABASE_NAME=YOUR_MYSQL_DATABASE_NAME livehelperchat/livehelperchat:latest
Replace YOUR_MYSQL_SERVER_ADDRESS
, YOUR_MYSQL_SERVER_USERNAME
, YOUR_MYSQL_SERVER_PASSWORD
, and YOUR_MYSQL_DATABASE_NAME
with your own MySQL server details.
Access the Live Helper Chat web interface by navigating to your server's IP address in your web browser:
http://your-server-ip
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Live Helper Chat on Fedora CoreOS Latest. You can now start using it to communicate with your website visitors in real-time.
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