How to Install SimpleX Chat on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will install SimpleX Chat on OpenBSD using Github repository. SimpleX Chat is a self-hosted, web-based chat application.

Prerequisites

• OpenBSD installed on your system.
• Basic knowledge of the command line interface.

Steps

1. Install the necessary dependencies:

$ doas pkg_add -v apache-ant node npm

2. Clone the SimpleX Chat repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat.git

3. Change into the cloned directory:

$ cd simplex-chat

4. Install the npm dependencies:

$ npm install

5. Build the application:

$ ant dist

6. Allow access to the application directory:

$ doas chown -R www:www /var/www/htdocs/simplex

7. Start the application:

$ NODE_ENV=production node server.js start

8. Access the SimpleX Chat application by navigating to http://<your-ip-address>/simplex in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed SimpleX Chat on OpenBSD.

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