Gotify is a self-hosted push notification server that can be used to send notifications to multiple endpoints such as Android, iOS, and the web. It is an open-source project and can be used for personal or commercial use. In this tutorial, we will explain step-by-step instructions to install Gotify on Linux Mint.
Before installing Gotify, you need to meet the following requirements:
Gotify can be easily installed using Docker Compose. Thus, before proceeding with the Gotify installation, make sure you have the latest version of Docker and Docker Compose installed on your system. You can do this by running the following command:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install docker.io docker-compose -y
Next, we will clone the official Gotify Git repository from GitHub. You can do this by running the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/gotify/server.git
Gotify configuration options are stored in the server configuration file. You can find a sample configuration file at server/config.sample.yml. Make a copy of the sample configuration file and rename it to config.yml.
$ cd server
$ cp config.sample.yml config.yml
You can edit the config.yml file in your preferred text editor and update the following values:
listen_addr: "0.0.0.0:80" # Change this to the IP address of your system if you intend to access Gotify from outside your network
password_salt: "your-password-salt-here" # This value is used to generate encryption keys. You can use any string for this field.
After configuring Gotify, you can run the server using Docker Compose by running the following command from the server directory that contains the docker-compose.yml file:
$ docker-compose up -d
-d flag stands for detached mode, which means that the service will run in the background. After running the command, you should see the Gotify server start up.
$ docker-compose ps
Output:
Name Command State Ports
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
server_gotify_1 /gotify/gotify serve --con ... Up 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp
Once the Gotify server is running, you can access it through your browser by typing the IP address of your system followed by :80. If you configured the listen_addr field in the config.yml file, you should use that IP address instead.
The following example shows how you can access Gotify from your system:
http://localhost:80
You will be asked to create a new user account and password. After you set your account up, you can start using the Gotify service.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Gotify on Linux Mint Latest. We used Docker Compose to install Gotify, which is a simple and effective way to run Gotify on Linux Mint. Once you have Gotify installed, you can use it to send notifications to a variety of endpoints.
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