Snikket is a powerful, easy-to-use and open-source XMPP server designed for ease of operation and privacy.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Snikket on the latest Ubuntu server.
To complete this tutorial, you will need:
Before we start installing Snikket, we need to update the Ubuntu server to the latest version using the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
We need to install the dependencies for Snikket before we can install it. We can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install prosody lua-zlib lua-sec lua-cjson lua-event libssl-dev liblua5.2-dev libidn11-dev libexpat1-dev libsqlite3-dev
After the installation is complete, we can add Snikket's package repository using the following command:
curl -sL https://snikket.org/packages/archive-key.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo bash -c "echo 'deb https://snikket.org/repos/apt/ubuntu/ $(lsb_release -cs) main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/snikket.list"
Then, we can update the packages index and install Snikket using the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install snikket
Now that we have installed Snikket, we need to configure it. We can do this by running the configuration script:
sudo snikket configure
During the configuration, you will be prompted to create an SSL certificate, set up DNS records, and create an admin user.
Once the configuration is complete, you can start the Snikket service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start snikket
To ensure that Snikket starts on boot, you can enable the service using the following command:
sudo systemctl enable snikket
Now that Snikket is configured and running, you can create a new account using the following command:
sudo snikket register
Follow the prompts to create a new account.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Snikket on Ubuntu Server and configure it for use with your registered domain name. Now you can use Snikket to create secure and private chat rooms for your team or organization.
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