How to Install Tinode on FreeBSD Latest

Tinode is an open source chat platform for building scalable, secure and modern messaging applications. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Tinode on FreeBSD.

Prerequisites

• A server running FreeBSD Latest
• A non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Before we proceed with the installation of Tinode, we need to install some packages. To do this, run the following command:

sudo pkg install -y git gettext node npm

Step 2: Clone Tinode Repository

Next, we need to clone the Tinode repository. Run the following command to clone the Tinode repository to your home directory:

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

Step 3: Install Required Node Modules

Navigate to the Tinode directory using the following command:

cd ~/tinode/server/

Next, install the required Node modules using the following command:

npm install

Step 4: Configure Tinode

To configure Tinode, we need to create a config.json file. Let's create it using the following command:

cp ~/tinode/server/config-example.json ~/tinode/server/config.json

Once the file is created, open it using any text editor:

nano ~/tinode/server/config.json

Modify the following settings in the config.json file:

"server": {
    "ws": {
        "listen": {
            "host": "localhost",
            "port": 6060
        },
        "maxPayload": 10 * 1024 * 1024
    },
    "http": {
        "listen": {
            "host": "localhost",
            "port": 8000
        }
    },
    "longpoll": {
        "enable": true,
        "listen": {
            "host": "localhost",
            "port": 8080
        }
    }
},
"apps": {
    "p2p": {
        "enabled": false
    },
    "federation": {
        "outbound": [
            {
                "dst": "other-host.tinode.co",
                "type": "ws",
                "addr": "wss://other-host.tinode.co/",
                "key": "some-key",
                "secret": "some-secret"
            }
        ],
        "inbound": {
            "type": ["all"],
            "access": ["owner"],
            "config": {
                "cert-file": "/etc/dhparams/ssl.crt",
                "key-file": "/etc/dhparams/ssl.key"
            }
        }
    }
}

Replace the listen keys with your server hostname or IP address. We will be running Tinode on localhost for demonstration purposes.

Step 5: Start Tinode

Once you have finished the configuration settings, start the Tinode server with the following command:

npm start

The server is now running on http://localhost:8000/.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Tinode on FreeBSD Latest. You should now have a fully functional Tinode server running on your FreeBSD system.

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