In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Papercups on Ubuntu Server Latest. Papercups is an open-source customer messaging platform that allows businesses to chat with customers in real-time. With Papercups, businesses can send and receive messages across multiple channels, including web, iOS, Android, and WhatsApp.
Before we begin, let's update our system package list and upgrade our installed packages.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Papercups is distributed as a docker container. To run Papercups on Ubuntu Server Latest, we need to first install Docker.
sudo apt install docker.io
After installation, start Docker and enable it to start at boot:
sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker
To verify that Docker is installed and running, run the following command:
sudo docker run hello-world
This command will download a test image and run it in a container. If everything is working correctly, you will see a "Hello from Docker!" message.
Now that Docker is installed, let's download the latest version of the Papercups container.
sudo docker pull papercups/papercups:latest
Once the download is complete, you can run Papercups with the following command:
sudo docker run -p 3000:3000 papercups/papercups:latest
The -p 3000:3000 flag maps port 3000 on the container to port 3000 on the host machine. You can change this if you want to use a different port.
Papercups should now be running and accessible at http://<server_ip>:3000.
Papercups comes with a default configuration that you can modify to suit your needs. You can find the configuration file at ./docker-compose.yml.
For example, to change the default administrator username and password, modify the following lines in ./docker-compose.yml:
environment:
# ...
- API_PASSWORD=papercups
- ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@example.com
- ADMIN_PASSWORD=password
# ...
Save the changes and restart the Papercups container for the changes to take effect:
sudo docker restart <container_id>
You can find the container ID by running:
sudo docker ps
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Papercups on Ubuntu Server Latest using Docker. With Papercups, you can provide a real-time messaging platform for your customers and improve their experience with your business.
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