Tiledesk is a powerful, open-source, and free-to-use chatbot and live chat platform, built on top of Node.js, MongoDB, and Redis technologies. It can be used to build, customize, and deploy chatbots and live chats for websites, mobile applications, and other communication channels. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing Tiledesk on Linux Mint latest edition.
Before you start with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your Linux Mint system:
If you don't have any of the above prerequisites installed on your system, kindly follow their respective installation guides before proceeding.
The first step is to download the latest stable version of Tiledesk from its official GitHub repository. You can do this by running the following command in your Linux terminal:
$ git clone https://github.com/tiledesk/tiledesk-server.git
This command will clone the Tiledesk repository to your current working directory.
Once you have downloaded the Tiledesk repository, navigate to the cloned directory and install its necessary dependencies using the following command:
$ cd tiledesk-server && npm install
This command will install all the required Node.js modules, which are necessary to run Tiledesk.
Before starting the Tiledesk server, we need to set up its configuration file to connect with MongoDB and Redis servers. For that, make a copy of the sample configuration file and edit it with your system's configuration details using the following commands:
$ cp config/default.json.sample config/default.json
$ nano config/default.json
In the configuration file, replace the MongoDB and Redis URLs, database names, and authentication credentials, if applied, with your own.
Now that we have installed all the dependencies and configured Tiledesk, let's start the server by running the following command:
$ npm start
This command will compile and start the Tiledesk server on your system. You should see a message similar to the following, which confirms that the server is successfully running:
info: Server started listening on http://localhost:3000
Finally, let's access the Tiledesk web-based administration console through a web browser. Open your favorite web browser and visit the following URL:
http://localhost:3000
This will open the Tiledesk login page. Use the default administrator credentials: admin@tiledesk.com as the email and admin as the password to log into the Tiledesk administration dashboard.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tiledesk on your Linux Mint system. You can now use it to create, customize, and deploy chatbots and live chat applications on your websites and mobile applications. If you face any issues during the installation or need more information, kindly refer to the official Tiledesk documentation or seek support from its active community.
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