Chatwoot is a free and open-source alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, and similar platforms. It allows businesses to communicate with their customers via various channels such as email, chat, and social media. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Chatwoot on MXLinux Latest.
Before installing Chatwoot, we need to ensure that our system is up-to-date. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Enter the password for your user account when prompted.
Chatwoot is a Node.js application, so we need to install Node.js on our system. To install Node.js on MXLinux, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt install nodejs
Verify that Node.js is installed properly by running the following command:
node -v
This should display the version of Node.js installed on your system.
Chatwoot also requires MongoDB as its database. To install MongoDB on MXLinux, run the following command:
sudo apt install mongodb
Start the MongoDB service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start mongodb
Verify that MongoDB is running properly by running the following command:
sudo systemctl status mongodb
This should display the status of the MongoDB service.
We can install Chatwoot using the following command:
sudo npm install -g chatwoot
After installing Chatwoot, we need to configure it. Run the following command to create the configuration file:
chatwoot install
This will create a .env file in the current directory. Open the .env file and modify the following parameters:
RAILS_ENV: Set this to production.DATABASE_URL: Set this to mongodb://localhost:27017/chatwoot_production.SMTP_DOMAIN: Set this to your domain name.SMTP_USER_NAME: Set this to your email address.SMTP_PASSWORD: Set this to the password for your email account.SMTP_HOST: Set this to the hostname of your SMTP server.SMTP_PORT: Set this to the port number of your SMTP server.Save the .env file and exit.
To start Chatwoot, run the following command:
chatwoot start
This will start the Chatwoot application, and you can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Chatwoot on MXLinux Latest. You can now start using Chatwoot to communicate with your customers.
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