How to Install Mibew on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Mibew is an open-source chat solution for websites that provides real-time communication with customers or clients. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Mibew on Fedora CoreOS latest version.

Prerequisites

• A fresh installation of Fedora CoreOS
• The latest version of Docker installed

Step 1: Install Docker

To install Docker on Fedora CoreOS, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal window and type the following command to update the system:

   sudo dnf update -y
   

2. Install the necessary packages to install Docker:

   sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core container-selinux
   

3. Add the Docker repository to dnf:

   sudo dnf config-manager \
      --add-repo \
      https://download.docker.com/linux/fedora/docker-ce.repo
   

4. Install Docker:

   sudo dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
   

5. Start and enable Docker:

   sudo systemctl start docker.service
   sudo systemctl enable docker.service
   

Step 2: Download Mibew

1. Create a new directory to store Mibew files:

   sudo mkdir /opt/mibew
   sudo chown $USER:$USER /opt/mibew
   

2. Download the latest version of Mibew from the official website:

   wget https://mibew.org/downloads/mibew/mibew-3.1.0.tar.gz
   

3. Extract the downloaded archive to the /opt/mibew directory:

   tar -xzf mibew-3.1.0.tar.gz -C /opt/mibew
   

Step 3: Configure Mibew

1. Create a new configuration file for Mibew:

   cd /opt/mibew
   cp config/default_config.yml config/config.yml
   

2. Open the config/config.yml file and configure it according to your needs. You can change the name of the chat, the administrator's username and password, email settings, and other options.

Step 4: Run Mibew

1. Start a Docker container with Mibew:

   sudo docker run -p 80:80 -v /opt/mibew:/mibew -d mibew/mibew
   

   This command starts a container with Mibew running on port 80, with the /opt/mibew directory mounted as /mibew inside the container.

2. Access Mibew in your web browser by navigating to http://localhost.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Mibew on Fedora CoreOS using Docker. You can now start using Mibew to provide real-time communication with your website visitors or customers.

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