Zulip is a highly customizable open-source messaging platform that can be used for internal team communication. This tutorial will walk you through the installation process of Zulip on Ubuntu Server latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, it is highly recommended to update the server to the latest version. This can be achieved by running the following command.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
This command will update the server packages to their latest version.
Zulip requires a few dependencies to be installed in order to function properly. The following command will install all of the required dependencies:
sudo apt install -y postgresql-12 postgresql-contrib-12 rabbitmq-server redis-server libldap2-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev npm nodejs-legacy virtualenv python3-pip libpq-dev build-essential python3-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev curl libcurl4-openssl-dev libfreetype6-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev libpng-dev
It is recommended to create a dedicated user for running Zulip on your server. You can create a new user with the following command:
sudo adduser zulip
Set a strong password for the user.
Now we can proceed to download and install the Zulip application. Go to the Zulip download page and copy the download URL of the latest version of Zulip.
wget https://zulip.com/dist/releases/zulip-server-latest.tar.gz -P /tmp/
This command will download the Zulip package to the /tmp directory.
Extract the downloaded package:
sudo mkdir -p /opt/zulip
sudo tar zxf /tmp/zulip-server-latest.tar.gz -C /opt/zulip/
Now that we have installed Zulip, we can proceed to configure it. Run the following command to configure Zulip.
cd /opt/zulip/zulip-server
sudo su zulip -c "./scripts/setup/install"
This command will perform the initial setup of Zulip. You will be prompted with a few questions during the install process. Answer the questions accordingly.
Once the installation is complete, we can start the Zulip server. Run the following command to start the server.
sudo su zulip -c "./scripts/run-dev.py"
This command will start the Zulip server. You can now access Zulip by navigating to http://<Your-Server-IP>:9991 in your web browser.
That’s it! You have successfully installed and configured Zulip on your Ubuntu server. You can now use Zulip as a communication tool to streamline communication within your organization.
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