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How to Install Zulip on Fedora Server Latest

Introduction

Zulip is a powerful and open source team chat application. It provides a wide range of features including threaded conversations, private messaging, group messaging, file sharing, and much more. In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step through the process of installing Zulip on a Fedora Server.

Prerequisites

Before you start with our tutorial, make sure you have the following:

Step 1: Update Your System

First, we recommend updating your system to ensure that all installed packages are up to date. Run the following command to update your Fedora Server:

sudo dnf update -y

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

Next, we need to install a number of dependencies to ensure that Zulip runs smoothly on your Fedora Server. Run the following commands to install the required packages:

sudo dnf install -y git python3 python3-pip python3-devel python3-setuptools python3-virtualenv libjpeg-turbo-devel openldap-devel postgresql-devel libffi-devel redhat-rpm-config gcc

Step 3: Create a New User for Zulip

In order to improve the security and management of your Zulip installation, we recommend creating a new system user for it. This will allow you to isolate Zulip from other system processes and services. Run the following command to create a new user for Zulip:

sudo useradd -d /opt/zulip -m zulip

Next, switch to the newly created user account:

sudo su - zulip

Step 4: Clone the Zulip Repository

We are now ready to clone the Zulip repository. This can be done simply with the Git command:

git clone https://github.com/zulip/zulip.git ~/zulip

Step 5: Create a New Virtual Environment

To isolate Zulip dependencies from your system, we will create a new virtual environment. This can be done easily with Python's "virtualenv" package. Run the following command to create a new virtual environment:

cd ~/zulip
python3 -m venv ~/zulip-py3-venv

Activate the virtual environment:

source ~/zulip-py3-venv/bin/activate

Step 6: Install Zulip Dependencies

With our virtual environment activated, let's go ahead and install Zulip dependencies. Run the following command to install necessary dependencies:

cd ~/zulip
pip3 install six django==3.2.11 django-pylibmc==0.7.3 lxml ujson python-dateutil python-memcached psycopg2-binary psycopg2 httpagentparser python-ldap MySQL-python pycountry unidecode requests pillow python-magic pyyaml virtualenv

Step 7: Configure Zulip

Now we are ready to configure Zulip. Run the following command to open the Zulip configuration file:

nano ~/zulip/zproject/prod_settings_template.py

Update the following settings according to your specific environment:

# Database
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'zulip',
        'USER': 'zulip',
        'PASSWORD': 'your_password_here',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}

# Email
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
# Replace the following with your own Gmail email address and password
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'your_email_address_here@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'your_email_password_here'

# LDAP (Optional)
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ('zproject.backends.EmailAuthBackend', 'zproject.backends.LDAPAuthBackend')

Save and close the file.

Step 8: Create the Zulip Database

Now we are ready to create the Zulip database. Run the following command to create a new database:

sudo su - postgres
createdb -O zulip zulip

Step 9: Generate Some Zulip Configuration Files

Zulip requires some additional configuration files to run. Run the following command to generate these files:

cd ~/zulip
./scripts/generate_secrets.py

Step 10: Build the Frontend Assets

To build the frontend assets for a development environment, we need to run the following command:

sudo su - zulip
cd ~/zulip
tools/run-dev.py build --frontend
tools/run-dev.py build

Step 11: Run Zulip

We are finally ready to start Zulip. Run the following command to start the Zulip server:

sudo su - zulip
cd ~/zulip
tools/run-dev.py &

You can now access your Zulip application by visiting the following URL:

http://<your-server-ip>:9991

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Zulip on your Fedora Server instance. You can now log in to your application and start messaging!

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