Tinode is an open-source messaging platform that provides a secure and scalable way for developers to build messaging apps. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Tinode on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure that you have the following:
Before we can install Tinode, we need to install some dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential libssl-dev liblz4-dev zlib1g-dev liblzma-dev
This will update your package repository, and install the required dependencies.
Now that we have installed the dependencies, let's proceed with the installation of Tinode.
Create a new directory where you want to install Tinode, and navigate to that directory.
mkdir ~/tinode
cd ~/tinode
Clone the Tinode repository from Github using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/tinode/tinode.git tinode-server
This will download the latest version of Tinode server into the tinode-server directory.
Now, navigate into the tinode-server directory and install the dependencies using the following command:
cd tinode-server
npm install
This will install all the required Node.js packages.
Once all the dependencies are installed, we need to configure Tinode.
Copy the example configuration file:
cp example/config.json ./config.json
Then edit config.json to fit your specific environment. At a minimum, you'll need to set config.server.addr and config.server.http.addr to the public IP address of your server.
Run Tinode:
npm start
If you want to run Tinode in the background so that it continues to run even after you have logged out of the terminal, you can use a package called pm2.
Install pm2 by running the following command:
sudo npm install -g pm2
Start Tinode in the background using pm2 by running:
pm2 start npm --name "tinode" -- start
Check the status of Tinode by running:
pm2 status
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tinode on Ubuntu Server latest. Now, you are good to go for developing your messaging apps.
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