MongooseIM is an open-source messaging platform built on top of the Erlang/OTP platform. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing MongooseIM on Void Linux.
Before starting, make sure your system meets the following requirements:
MongooseIM is built on top of the Erlang/OTP platform. First, we will need to install it on our system. To install it, run the following command:
sudo xbps-install erlang
This command will install Erlang/OTP and all its dependencies.
Next, we will download and install MongooseIM. To download the latest version of MongooseIM, visit the official website https://www.erlang-solutions.com/products/mongooseim.html and download the latest binary package for your system.
After downloading, extract the archive to your preferred installation directory using the following command:
sudo tar xzf mongooseim-*.tar.gz -C /opt
This command will extract the archive to the /opt directory. Feel free to replace /opt with a different directory if you prefer.
Next, we will create a symbolic link to the MongooseIM binary in the /usr/local/bin directory. This will allow us to run the MongooseIM command from anywhere on our system.
sudo ln -s /opt/mongooseim/sbin/mongooseimctl /usr/local/bin/mongooseimctl
Before starting MongooseIM, we need to set up a few configuration files. First, we will create a new user account for MongooseIM to run under:
sudo useradd -M -s /sbin/nologin mongooseim
Next, we will edit the /opt/mongooseim/etc/ejabberd.cfg file to configure the server. Open the file in a text editor:
sudo nano /opt/mongooseim/etc/ejabberd.cfg
Find the following line:
%%{hosts, ["localhost"]}
Uncomment it and replace localhost with the fully-qualified domain name of your server:
{hosts, ["example.com"]}.
Save and close the file.
Finally, we are ready to start MongooseIM. To start the server, run the following command:
sudo mongooseimctl start
MongooseIM should start up successfully.
To configure MongooseIM, you can use the mongooseimctl utility. For example, to add a new user, run the following command:
sudo mongooseimctl register test_user example.com password
This command will create a new user with the username test_user and the password password.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install MongooseIM on Void Linux. With MongooseIM, you can create your own open-source messaging platform for your organization or community.
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