Rocket Chat:Contrib
smeserver-rocketchat contrib
This contrib aims to reduce some of the setup for rocketchat and add some flexibility with settings
Current version
11th Jan 2018
Current RPM in my repo is 0.59.6
https://reetspetit.com/smeserver/6/repoview/rocketchat.html
Latest source is here:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/tags
Required repos
Add repos:
/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
/sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set reetp repository \ BaseURL http://www.reetspetit.com/smeserver/\$releasever \ EnableGroups no \ GPGCheck no \ Name "ReetP Repo" \ GPGKey http://www.reetspetit.com/RPM-GPG-KEY \ Visible yes status disabled
/sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set centos-sclo-rh \ repository Name 'Centos-RH Software collections' \ BaseURL 'http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/sclo/$basearch/rh/' \ EnableGroups no Visible yes status disabled
/sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set nodejs8 \ repository Name 'Node JS 8' \ BaseURL https://rpm.nodesource.com/pub_8.x/el/6/x86_64 \ EnableGroups no GPGCheck no Visible yes status disabled
signal-event yum-modify
yum --enablerepo=nodejs install nodejs nodejs-devel
RocketChat 0.40+
From Rocketchat 0.40 onwards you require a higher version of node than the one in the SCL repos.
Rocket.Chat v 49.0+ requires: node: v4.7.2 npm: v3.10.9
This can be installed from the node repo
Setup node versions:
Install node version n 4.7.2
[root@test ~]# node -v v4.7.2
Install latest version:
npm install -g npm
Install specific version:
npm install -g npm@3.10.9
Install n version manager:
npm install -g n
[root@test ~]# npm --version 3.10.9
yum --enablerepo=centos-sclo-rh,epel install scl-utils rh-python34-python rh-mongodb26-mongodb rh-mongodb26-mongodb-server \ GraphicsMagick
You should be able to install the smeserver-rocketchat RPM now
yum --enablerepo=reetp install smeserver-rocketchat
Don't post-upgrade yet.
config set rocketchat service TCPPort 3000 mailPort 25 mailURL localhost access public status enabled config set rh-mongodb26-mongod service TCPPort 27017 mongoURL localhost access private status enabled
signal-event post-upgrade;signal-event reboot
Now we should be able to install rocketchat itself - it is better to specify a version here in case a newer version breaks anything:
yum --enablerepo=reetp install rocketchat-0.59.6
Check the progress:
tailf /var/log/rocketchat.log
System ➔ startup +----------------------------------------------------+ | SERVER RUNNING | +----------------------------------------------------+ | | | Version: 0.xx.x | | Process Port: 3000 | | Site URL: http://rocketchat.local.net:3000 | | OpLog: Disabled | | | +----------------------------------------------------+
You should now be able to connect to your Rocket.Chat instance
http://rocketchat.local.net:3000
Registering a new account
Because the SME mail server is fussy you may find it easier to force some settings in the Rocket.Chat DB before trying to register:
You can set your SMTP host as localhost or mail.yourdomain.com
mongo
use rocketchat
db.rocketchat_settings.update({"_id" : "SMTP_Host"}, {$set: {"value":"mail.yourdomain.com"}})
db.rocketchat_settings.update({"_id" : "From_Email"}, {$set: {"value":"admin@yourdomain.com"}})
exit
Restart Rocket.Chat to be sure:
service rocketchat restart
You should now be able to register a new account and get a confirmation email. Check /var/log/qpsmtpd/current for any errors.
If you have not set the From address you are likely to get:
Mail with no From header not accepted here
Errors
If you have issues make sure you stop the rocket chat service
service rocketchat stop
Check /var/log/rocketchat.log
Try running main.js
/opt/Rocket.Chat node main.js
SSL with Proxypass
It is recommended to add Letsencrypt support as detailed below (see here for my contrib https://wiki.contribs.org/Letsencrypt)
We need some extra settings to enable SSL with ProxyPass.
Add the FWS repo:
db yum_repositories set fws repository \ BaseURL http://repo.firewall-services.com/centos/\$releasever \ EnableGroups no GPGCheck yes \ Name "Firewall Services" \ GPGKey http://repo.firewall-services.com/RPM-GPG-KEY \ Visible yes status disabled
Update the repos:
signal-event yum-modify
Install proxy pass rpm:
yum --enablerepo=fws install mod_proxy_wstunnel
Regenerate httpd.conf
signal-event remoteaccess-update
Now we need to setup our subdomain
db domains set chat.mycompany.local domain Description RocketChat Nameservers internet \ TemplatePath ProxyPassVirtualRocketchat ProxyPassTarget http://localhost:3000/
It should look like this:
chat.mycompany.local=domain Nameservers=internet (can be localhost) ProxyPassTarget=http://127.0.0.1:3000/ TemplatePath=ProxyPassVirtualRocketchat letsencryptSSLcert=enabled (with letsencrypt support)
We need to set Rocket.Chat to listen on localhost now:
config setprop rocketchat rootURL chat.mycompany.domain SSLProxy yes signal-event remoteaccess-update service rocketchat restart
If you can now successfully get to Rocketchat on your subdomain https://chat.mycompany.local you can disable default access on port 3000:
config setprop rocketchat access private signal-event remoteaccess-update
You may find you need to clear your browser cache before it works correctly on https://chat.mycompany.local rather than http://chat.mycompany.local:3000
IF you have Letsencrypt support you can now set your main domain to SSL only:
db accounts setprop Primary SSL enabled signal-event ibay-modify Primary
Upgrades
To upgrade rocketchat:
yum --enablerepo=reetp install rocketchat
To upgrade the rocketchat configurator:
yum --enablerepo=reetp install smeserver-rocketchat
Bugs
Look for bugs :-) As the contrib is not in CVS please report them in the forum and I will try and keep an eye out.
Manual config of templates
expand-template /etc/rc.d/init.d/rocketchat expand-template /etc/profile.d/scls-rh-mongodb26.sh expand-template /etc/profile.d/scls-rh-python34.sh expand-template /etc/profile.d/scls-rh-java-common.sh expand-template /etc/opt/rh/rh-mongodb26/mongod.conf
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rocketchat start /etc/rc.d/init.d/rh-mongodb26-mongos start
Mongod fails to start after reboot
Sometimes it appears that mongo fails to start after a reboot.
I believe that this may be caused due to rocketchat being run by the forever service which means that rocketchat tries to keep running as the server shuts down despite mongod being stopped. This leaves lock files and prevents mongod from restarting properly. I think I probably need to look at the shutdown/start order of scripts.
A simple cure is as follows:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rh-mongodb26-mongod stop
Remove the following files if they exist:
rm /var/opt/rh/rh-mongodb26/lib/mongodb/mongod.lock rm /var/opt/rh/rh-mongodb26/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
Restart the mongod service:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rh-mongodb26-mongod start
Restart the rocketchat service:
service rocketchat restart
The following is simpler and appears to work:
service rocketchat stop /etc/rc.d/init.d/rh-mongodb26-mongod restart service rocketchat start
Mongo DB examples
Usage
Example using mongo itself:
mongo
use rocketchat
Show all collections in DB
show collections
Show all entries in a collection
db.rocketchat_avatars.chunks.find()
db.rocketchat_settings.find({"_id" : "SMTP_Host"})
db.rocketchat_settings.find({"_id" : "From_Email"})
db.rocketchat_settings.findOne({_id : "From_Email"}, {_id:0, value: 1})
db.rocketchat_settings.findOne({_id : "SMTP_Host"}, {_id:0, value: 1})
db.rocketchat_settings.update({"_id" : "From_Email"}, {$set: {"value":"admin@yourdomain.com"}})
db.rocketchat_settings.update({"_id" : "SMTP_Host"}, {$set: {"value":"mail.yourdomain.com"}})
Remove all entries in a collection (CAREFUL!!!!!!)
db.rocketchat_avatars.chunks.remove({})
Help
help
Database Backup
You can dump the tables to a directory of your choice:
mongodump --dumpDbUsersAndRoles -d rocketchat -o /root/rocketchatmongo
Database Restore
You can restore you database as follows:
mongorestore --restoreDbUsersAndRoles -d rocketchat -dir /root/rocketchatmongo/rocketchat --quiet
Node usage
Use n, an extremely simple Node version manager that can be installed via npm (See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7718313/how-to-change-to-an-older-version-of-node-js)
Say you want Node.js v0.10.x to build Atom.
npm install -g n # Install n globally n 0.10.33 # Install and use v0.10.33 local only
Usage:
n # Output versions installed n latest # Install or activate the latest node release n stable # Install or activate the latest stable node release n <version> # Install node <version> n use <version> [args ...] # Execute node <version> with [args ...] n bin <version> # Output bin path for <version> n rm <version ...> # Remove the given version(s) n --latest # Output the latest node version available n --stable # Output the latest stable node version available n ls # Output the versions of node available
NPM Usage
To update your version of npm run the following
npm install -g npm
Or for a specific version:
npm install -g npm@3.10.9
DB settings
Typical standard setup:
rocketchat=service TCPPort=3000 access=public mailPort=25 mailURL=localhost status=enabled
Typical proxy subdomain setup:
rocketchat=service SSLProxy=yes TCPPort=3000 access=private mailPort=25 mailURL=localhost rootURL=chat.mydomain.co.uk status=enabled
rh-mongodb26-mongod=service TCPPort=27017 access=private mongoURL=localhost status=enabled
