Tutorial: Installing Tiledesk on Ubuntu Server Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Tiledesk on Ubuntu Server Latest. Tiledesk is an open-source live chat support application that allows you to manage customer interactions from a single platform.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you need to have the following requirements:

• A Ubuntu Server Latest instance
• A non-root user with sudo privileges
• A domain name or IP address pointing to your server
• A valid SSL certificate installed on your server

Step 1: Installing Node.js

Tiledesk requires Node.js to be installed on your server. You can install the latest version of Node.js on Ubuntu Server Latest by running the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install npm

Step 2: Installing MongoDB

Tiledesk uses MongoDB as its primary database. You can install the latest version of MongoDB on Ubuntu Server Latest by running the following commands:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv EA312927
echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mongodb-org

Step 3: Cloning Tiledesk Repository

Now that you have installed the prerequisites, you can proceed to clone the Tiledesk repository. You can do this by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Tiledesk/tiledesk-server.git

This will download the Tiledesk repository to your server.

Step 4: Installing Tiledesk Dependencies

Once you have cloned the Tiledesk repository, navigate to the tiledesk-server directory and install the dependencies by running the following command:

cd tiledesk-server
npm install

This will install all the necessary dependencies for Tiledesk to run.

Step 5: Building Tiledesk

To build Tiledesk, run the following command:

npm run build

This command will build the Tiledesk application.

Step 6: Running Tiledesk

Now that the Tiledesk application is built, you can run it by running the following command:

npm start

This command will start the Tiledesk server, and you can access it by navigating to your domain name or IP address in your web browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tiledesk on your Ubuntu Server Latest instance. You can now manage your customer interactions from a single platform with Tiledesk.

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