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.
To install Docker on Fedora CoreOS, follow these steps:
Open a terminal window and type the following command to update the system:
sudo dnf update -y
Install the necessary packages to install Docker:
sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core container-selinux
Add the Docker repository to dnf:
sudo dnf config-manager \
--add-repo \
https://download.docker.com/linux/fedora/docker-ce.repo
Install Docker:
sudo dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
Start and enable Docker:
sudo systemctl start docker.service
sudo systemctl enable docker.service
Create a new directory to store Mibew files:
sudo mkdir /opt/mibew
sudo chown $USER:$USER /opt/mibew
Download the latest version of Mibew from the official website:
wget https://mibew.org/downloads/mibew/mibew-3.1.0.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded archive to the /opt/mibew directory:
tar -xzf mibew-3.1.0.tar.gz -C /opt/mibew
Create a new configuration file for Mibew:
cd /opt/mibew
cp config/default_config.yml config/config.yml
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.
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.
Access Mibew in your web browser by navigating to http://localhost.
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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