Helpy is a platform for customer service and knowledge base management. This tutorial will show you how to install Helpy on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before starting this tutorial, you will need:
The first step in installing Helpy is to install the required dependencies. Open the terminal on your server and run the commands below:
sudo zypper update
sudo zypper install git-core openssh
sudo zypper install make gcc g++ sqlite sqlite-devel
sudo zypper install libxml2-devel libxslt-devel libcurl-devel libopenssl-devel
sudo zypper install ruby-devel rubygems
Helpy is built on Ruby on Rails, so we need to install it too. Run the following command to install Ruby on Rails.
sudo gem install rails
Once you have installed Ruby on Rails, you can now download and install Helpy. Run the commands below to download and install Helpy.
git clone https://github.com/helpyio/helpy.git
cd helpy
bundle install --without production
Once you have installed Helpy, you need to configure it to suit your needs. Run the following command to generate a configuration file for Helpy.
cp config/config.yml.example config/config.yml
Edit the config.yml file to customize Helpy according to your needs.
Once you have configured Helpy, you can now start it by running the following command:
rails server
Helpy should now be accessible at http://localhost:3000/. If you want to access it from outside, you will need to create a firewall rule to allow access to port 3000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Helpy on OpenSUSE Latest. Start using it to manage your customer service and knowledge base today!
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