Hubot is a chatbot that can be integrated with several chatting platforms like Slack, HipChat, Rocket.Chat, and Emulator. It can do several tasks like running scripts, broadcasting messages, and provide quick information. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Hubot on OpenSUSE.
Before we start with the installation of Hubot on OpenSUSE, we need to ensure that we have the latest version of Node.js and npm (Node Package Manager) installed on our system. You can install Node.js and npm by executing the following command in the terminal:
sudo zypper install nodejs npm
Yo is a scaffolding tool that is used to generate Hubot applications. Generator-Hubot is a generator that will be used to generate the Hubot application. We can install both of these tools globally by executing the following command:
sudo npm install -g yo generator-hubot
This command will install Yo and Generator-Hubot globally on your system. Once installed, we can use these tools to generate a new Hubot application.
To generate a new Hubot application, we need to execute the following command in the terminal:
yo hubot
This command will generate a new Hubot application and prompt you to select the chat service you want to integrate with. You can select your preferred service by following the instructions on the screen.
Once the application is generated, you need to navigate into the application’s directory by executing the following command:
cd <APPLICATION_NAME>
Where <APPLICATION_NAME> is the name of the Hubot application that you generated.
To deploy the Hubot application, we need to install hubot-systemd module by running the following command:
sudo npm install -g hubot-systemd
After that, we need to generate the systemd service file by running the following command:
sudo hubot-systemd --name=<APPLICATION_NAME> --desc=<APPLICATION_DESCRIPTION> --command=<START_COMMAND>
Where <APPLICATION_NAME> is the name of the Hubot application, <APPLICATION_DESCRIPTION> is the description of the application, and <START_COMMAND> is the command to start the Hubot process.
After the systemd file is generated, we need to move the file to the correct directory by running the following command:
sudo mv <APPLICATION_NAME>.service /etc/systemd/system/
Next, we need to reload the systemd configuration by running the following command:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Finally, we can start the application by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start <APPLICATION_NAME>
At this point, Hubot should be running and ready to receive commands through the chat service you integrated with.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Hubot on OpenSUSE and deploy a new application. We also learned how to integrate the application with a chat service and deploy it as a systemd service for easy management.
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