Thingsboard is an open source IoT platform for data collection, processing, and visualization. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Thingsboard on Ubuntu Server.
Before starting the installation process, make sure you have the following:
Before installing Thingsboard, it is recommended to update your system to the latest version by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Thingsboard requires JDK 8 or higher to be installed on your system. To install it, run the following command:
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk
Thingsboard uses PostgreSQL as its database. To install PostgreSQL, run the following command:
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib
After PostgreSQL is installed, create a new user and database for Thingsboard. Run the following commands to create a new user:
sudo su postgres
createuser thingsboard -P
Then create a new database:
createdb thingsboard -O thingsboard -E utf-8 -T template0
Download the latest version of Thingsboard from the official website: https://thingsboard.io/docs/user-guide/install/ubuntu/. Once the file is downloaded, navigate to the directory where it was downloaded and run the following command:
tar -xvf thingsboard-<version>.tgz
This will extract the Thingsboard files to a new directory called thingsboard. Rename it by running the following command:
sudo mv thingsboard-<version> thingsboard
To configure Thingsboard, navigate to the thingsboard/conf directory and edit the thingsboard.yml file:
cd thingsboard/conf
sudo nano thingsboard.yml
Inside the file, you need to configure the database, mail server, and other settings. Replace the following lines with your specific configuration:
server:
ssl:
enabled: false
port: 8080
database:
type: postgresql
host: localhost
port: 5432
username: <your-postgresql-username>
password: <your-postgresql-password>
# Name of the DataBase to connect (by default it is "thingsboard")
# Please note that while creating DataBase from command line, name is: thingsboard (lowercase, no quotes)
keyspace: thingsboard
mail:
smtp:
from: thingsboard@localhost.com # Default 'from' email address
protocol: smtp
host: localhost
port: 25
plugins:
# The list of enabled plugins
# It is possible to define custom configuration section for each plugin
# Example:
tb-transport-defaults:
max_connections: 10000
# ...
To start Thingsboard, navigate to the thingsboard/bin directory and run the following command:
sudo ./thingsboard.sh start
This will start the Thingsboard server in the background. To check the status, run the following command:
sudo ./thingsboard.sh status
If the output displays "Thingsboard service is running", then the installation was successful.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Thingsboard on Ubuntu Server. You can now begin using Thingsboard for all of your IoT platform needs.
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