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Deploying Rocket.Chat on Aliyun
You can install Rocket.Chat to Ubuntu VPS on Aliyun.
The recommended VPS configuration is:
2 GB RAM
10 GB disk
2 or 4 cores
However, lower performance configuration has been tested on a VPS with:
1 GB RAM
10 GB disk
1 core
Follow these steps to install Rocket.Chat.
Update Ubuntu repo lists and Install curl
After you ssh to the VPS:
Run the command:
followed by:
Install docker
Run this command:
Docker should be installed, verify it:
Install docker-compose
Install docker-compose, follow the latest release instructions
For release 1.5.0, you can use:
(if or when this is blocked, you'll have to obtain Linux-x86_64 docker-compose binary via other means)
Next, allow execution of docker-compose:
Create directories for Rocket.Chat
First,
Then,
Make two more directories for the mongodb database:
Create customized docker-compose.yml
Create a docker-compose.yml
file with the following content:
Make sure you customize the file with your-ip-address
in the MONGO_URL
env variable.
Pull the required docker images
This will download the required docker images, and may take some time.
This is done only the first time, or when you want to update Rocket.Chat.
Start the mongodb database
Run:
Mongo supports 24 x 7 operations and live backup. You should not need to restart it too frequently. See mongodb documentations for proper operation and management of a mongo server.
Wait a couple of minute for mongo to start properly.
Start the mongodb replica
Run:
This container's job is just to run the command to initialize the replica set. It will run the command and remove itself (it will not stay running)
Start your Rocket.Chat server
Now start the Rocket.Chat server:
Rocket.Chat should be ready in a minute or two.
Access your Rocket.Chat on Aliyun
Your Rocket.Chat server can now be accessed over the Internet via:
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