Papercups is an open-source live chat widget that you can add to your website or app. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Papercups on FreeBSD Latest.
Before installing Papercups, you need to make sure your FreeBSD system is up-to-date. To do so, run the following command:
sudo freebsd-update fetch
sudo freebsd-update install
Papercups requires Node.js and PostgreSQL to be installed on your system. To install them, run the following command:
sudo pkg install node postgresql13-server
After installing PostgreSQL, you need to initialize and start the server. To do so, run the following commands:
sudo service postgresql initdb
sudo service postgresql start
Next, you need to create a new PostgreSQL user and database for Papercups. Run the following commands:
sudo -u postgres createuser papercups
sudo -u postgres createdb papercupsdb
To install Papercups, you need to clone the Git repository from the official website. To do so, run the following commands:
git clone https://github.com/papercups-io/papercups.git
cd papercups
Next, you need to create a .env file to configure Papercups. Run the following command:
cp .env.sample .env
nano .env
In the .env file, you need to set the following variables:
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://papercups@localhost/papercupsdb"
Save and exit the file.
Next, you need to install the dependencies and run the server by running the following command:
npm install
npm run dev
Papercups is now installed and running on your FreeBSD system. You can access the web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install and configure Papercups on FreeBSD Latest. With Papercups, you can easily add live chat to your website or app and improve your customer support.
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