Rocket Chat
About
"Rocket Chat, the ultimate webchat platform. From group messages and video calls all the way to helpdesk killer features. Our goal is to become the number one cross-platform open source chat solution"
- Video Conference
Chat with your colleagues and friends face-to-face over audio and video.
- Helpdesk chat
Have your website visitors contact you in real-time and increase conversions.
- File sharing
Drag-and-drop files or select them from your computer or mobile device.
- Voice messages
Record and transmit voice messages to a channel, group or private conversation.
- Link preview
Post a link and immediately view its content. YouTube, Twitter, Gifs!
- API
Integrate your chat to multiple services: GitHub, GitLab, JIRA, Confluence and others.
- Extendability
Want a killer new feature? Add a new package. It's as simple as that.
- Native applications
Native client applications available for download on Linux, Windows and OSX.
- Mobile applications
Mobile client applications available for iOS and Android on their respective stores.
RAW NOTES
RocketChat install script for SME Server 9.x 64-bit
Copyright 2016 RequestedDeletion (RequestedDeletion@gmail.com)
Add epel repo
/sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set epel repository \ Name 'Epel - EL6' \ BaseURL 'http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch' \ MirrorList 'http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch' \ EnableGroups no \ GPGCheck yes \ GPGKey http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL \ Exclude perl-Razor-Agent \ Visible no \ status disabled
Add Centos-rh SCL repo’s
/sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set scl \ repository Name 'Software collections' \ BaseURL 'http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/SCL/$basearch/' \ EnableGroups no Visible yes status disabled
/sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set centos-sclo-rhl \ repository Name 'Software collections' \ BaseURL 'http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/sclo/$basearch/rh/' \ EnableGroups no Visible yes status disabled
Expand new repo’s
signal-event yum-modify
Install Software Collections applications
yum install rh-python34-python rh-mongodb26-mongodb rh-mongodb26-mongodb-server nodejs010 GraphicsMagick --enablerepo=centos-rh-scl,epel
using NPM:
scl enable nodejs010 bash npm install -g inherits npm install -g n n 0.10.40 exit
Start Mongodb as service
(please note the usage of mongod and NOT mongodb)
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/e-smith-service /etc/rc7.d/S99rh-mongodb26-mongod config set rh-mongodb26-mongod service config setprop rh-mongodb26-mongod status enabled config setprop rh-mongodb26-mongod access private config setprop rh-mongodb26-mongod TCPPort 27017
Create boot scripts for software collections application
nano -w /etc/profile.d/scls-rh-mongodb26
#!/bin/sh export ROOT_URL=http://10.11.12.178:3000/ export PORT=3000 export MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/rocketchat
nano -w /etc/profile.d/scls-rh-python34.sh
#!/bin/sh source /opt/rh/rh-python34/enable export X_SCLS="`scl enable rh-python34 'echo $X_SCLS'`"
nano -w /etc/profile.d/scls-rh-java-common.sh
#!/bin/sh source /opt/rh/rh-java-common/enable export X_SCLS="`scl enable rh-java-common 'echo $X_SCLS'`"
nano -w /etc/profile.d/scls-nodejs010.sh
#!/bin/sh source /opt/rh/nodejs010/enable export X_SCLS="`scl enable nodejs010 'echo $X_SCLS'`"
Create SME Server rocket chat service
config set rocketchat service status enabled TCPPort 3000 access public signal-event remoteaccess-update
Get RocketChat from downloads
cd /root curl -L https://rocket.chat/releases/latest/download -o rocket.chat.tgz tar zxvf rocket.chat.tgz mv bundle /opt/Rocket.Chat cd /opt/Rocket.Chat/programs/server
Start Rocket Chat
cd /opt/Rocket.Chat/programs/server node main.js &
Browse to https://yourserver:3000 and create the first admin user.
TO DO
- Auto start Rocket Chat
- Fine tune various things (e.g. Security)
- Enable LDAP authentication
- Create subdomain e.g. https://chat.yourdomain.com using the webapps-common contrib
- Test, test, test
- Create a contrib
- Showcase SME Server, contribs and software collections.
