Documize is an open-source knowledge management system that offers a platform for organizing, sharing, and finding knowledge easily. It’s a platform designed to enhance productivity and improves communication among teams. In this tutorial, we’ll explain the installation process of Documize on an Ubuntu server.
Before we start the installation process, you should have:
Ensure that your system is up-to-date by running the following commands:
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
You need to install some dependencies before starting the installation process. The following command will ensure all the dependencies are installed:
sudo apt-get install -y curl wget gnupg software-properties-common
Documize requires Docker for its installation. You can install Docker by running the commands below:
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
After installing Docker, start it and enable it to launch every time the server restarts by running:
sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker
We’ll use Docker to download and configure Documize using a container. Run the command below:
docker run --name documize -d -p 8080:8080 documize/community
The command will download the Docker Image and run the container. You can verify if the container is running by using the following command:
docker ps
After launching the container, you should be able to access Documize at http://your-server-ip:8080.
If you want the container to launch on system reboot, then run the following command:
sudo docker update --restart=always documize
Once the setup is complete, you can use Documize by accessing http://your-server-ip:8080 on your browser, and by following the prompted instructions to create a user account.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Documize on an Ubuntu server. You also learned how to start and enable the Docker service, download and run the Documize container, and access the Documize web user interface.
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