Revolt is a new and open-source messaging platform that focuses on privacy and community moderation. With Revolt, you can create your own dedicated chat server that is completely under your control. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Revolt on Ubuntu Server.
Before starting with the installation process, you need to meet the following requirements:
Before installing any new software, it’s always a good idea to update the system to the latest packages. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Revolt is built on top of Node.js, so you need to install it on your server. Run the following command to install Node.js and npm:
sudo apt install nodejs npm
To clone the Revolt repository from Github, you need to have Git installed on your server. You can install it by running the following command:
sudo apt install git
Use the following command to clone the Revolt repository from Github:
git clone https://github.com/revoltchat/revolt.git
This will create a new directory called revolt in your current working directory.
Revolt uses Redis to store data such as user accounts and chat messages. You can install Redis on Ubuntu by running the following command:
sudo apt install redis
Once installed, start the Redis service and enable it to automatically start at boot time by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start redis
sudo systemctl enable redis
Before starting the Revolt server, you need to configure a few settings. Navigate to the revolt/server directory and create a copy of the .env.example file:
cd revolt/server
cp .env.example .env
Edit the .env file and set the following variables according to your environment:
PORT=3000
IP=0.0.0.0
REDIS_HOST=localhost
REDIS_PORT=6379
DOMAIN_NAME=your-domain-name.com
ALLOWED_ORIGINS=http://your-domain-name.com https://your-domain-name.com
Run the following commands to install the required dependencies and start the Revolt server:
npm install
npm start
This will start the Revolt server and output logs to the console. You can access the server by visiting http://your-domain-name.com:3000 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Revolt on Ubuntu Server. With Revolt, you can create your own chat server that is secure and under your control. Start creating a community and enjoy chatting on Revolt!
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