Installing Centrifugo on MXLinux Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Centrifugo, an open-source real-time messaging server, on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure the following dependencies are installed on your system:

• git: to clone the Centrifugo repository
• go: required to build Centrifugo
• systemd: required to run Centrifugo as a service
• nginx: optional, if you want to use Nginx as a reverse proxy

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install the required dependencies, open a terminal and run the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git golang-go systemd nginx -y

Step 2: Clone Centrifugo repository

Next, we need to clone Centrifugo repository from GitHub. Go to the directory where you want to clone the repository and run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo.git

This will create a new directory called centrifugo in your current directory.

Step 3: Build Centrifugo

Once the repository is cloned, change the directory to centrifugo and run the following command to build Centrifugo:

cd centrifugo
go build .

This will create a binary file called centrifugo in the same directory.

Step 4: Create a Systemd Service

After the binary is built, create a new service file for Centrifugo using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/centrifugo.service

Copy and paste the following text into the file:

[Unit]
Description=Centrifugo Real-time Messaging Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
ExecStart=/path/to/centrifugo/centrifugo
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Replace /path/to/centrifugo/ with the actual path to your centrifugo binary file.

Save the file and exit.

Step 5: Enable and Start Centrifugo Service

Next, enable the Centrifugo service and start it by running the following commands:

sudo systemctl enable centrifugo.service
sudo systemctl start centrifugo.service

To verify that the service is running, run the following command:

sudo systemctl status centrifugo.service

You should see a message indicating that the service is active and running.

Step 6: Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy (Optional)

If you want to use Nginx as a reverse proxy for Centrifugo, create a new Nginx configuration file by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/centrifugo

Copy and paste the following text into the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your.domain.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
    }
}

Replace your.domain.com with your actual domain name.

Save the file and exit.

Next, enable the Nginx configuration file by creating a symbolic link in the sites-enabled directory:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/centrifugo /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Finally, restart Nginx for the changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 7: Access Centrifugo Dashboard

Open your web browser and go to http://your.domain.com:8000/. If you see the Centrifugo dashboard, then you have successfully installed and configured Centrifugo.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Centrifugo on MXLinux Latest. Once installed, you can use Centrifugo to build real-time messaging applications with ease.

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