Briefkasten is a chat application built with React and Node.js that is designed to provide end-to-end encrypted messaging. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing Briefkasten on a Fedora server.
Before you start, you must have the following:
First, you need to SSH into the Fedora server instance. Open your terminal and type the following command, replacing server_ip with the IP address of your server:
ssh root@server_ip
Enter the server password when prompted.
Use the following command to install Git on the Fedora server:
dnf install git
Now, clone the Briefkasten repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/ndom91/briefkasten.git
This will create a new briefkasten directory in your current working directory.
Navigate into the briefkasten directory and install the necessary NPM packages using the following command:
cd briefkasten
npm install
Next, build the React app using the following command:
npm run build
This will create a build directory in the briefkasten directory.
Start the server using the following command:
npm run start
This will start the server on port 5000.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://server_ip:5000. You should now be able to see the Briefkasten app running on your server.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Briefkasten on your Fedora Server instance. You can now use this app to securely communicate with other users.
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