Rocket.Chat on Orange PI pc+

pisard · Published in 2017-4-17 22:29:02

Rocket.Chat is a messaging system for team communication, like Slack. It has various features, including:

Video conferences
Help desk chat
File sharing
Voice messages
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this my first post if it can save time to someone i put step by step.
i try without succes snaps and dpaltform procedure precision i am newbie.

I use armbian 5.25
Ip adress of OPI is 192.168.1.153
hostname will be https://mydomain.com
I will use external Mongo database

copy flash to emmc

sudo nand-sata-install

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install ngnix

sudo systemctl stop log2ram.service
sudo apt-get -y install nginx
sudo systemctl start nginx.service
sudo systemctl start log2ram.service

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install all dependencies required by Rocket.Chat

sudo apt install graphicsmagick build-essentialy

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Install Node.js and npm and change version of Node.js to 4.5

sudo apt install nodejs
sudo apt install npm
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n 4.5
node --version

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A MongoDB database is required to store our chat data. MongoDB could be installed on the Pi, but because of the high write volume it’s probably not too good for your SD card and there is a high risk of data corruption. mLab.com (previously known as Mongo Lab) provides a cloud database service. Their free sandbox package provides a single database with 500 megabytes and no credit card is required.

Install of rocket.chat

cd /var/www
sudo curl -L https://rocket.chat/releases/latest/download -o rocket.chat.tgz
sudo tar xzf rocket.chat.tgz
sudo mv bundle Rocket.Chat
cd Rocket.Chat/programs/server
sudo npm install
cd ../..

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Back to nginx configuration for ssl access

sudo mkdir -p /etc/nginx/ssl/
cd /etc/nginx/ssl
sudo openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out /etc/nginx/ssl/rocketchat.crt -keyout /etc/nginx/ssl/rocketchat.key
sudo chmod 400 rocketchat.key

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create a Virtual Host configuration

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/rocketchat

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paste the following configuration:

# Upstreams
upstream backend {
server 127.0.0.1:3000;
}
# HTTPS Server
server {
listen 443;
server_name mydomain.com;
error_log /var/log/nginx/rocketchat.access.log;
ssl on;
<pre><font face="Tahoma">ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/rocketchat.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/rocketchat.key;</font></pre>ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # don’t use SSLv3 ref: POODLE
location / {
proxy_pass http://backend/;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forward-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forward-Proto http;
proxy_set_header X-Nginx-Proxy true;
proxy_redirect off;
}
}

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Save, exit and activate this configuration

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/rocketchat /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/rocketchat
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test and restart NGINX

sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl restart nginx

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Now we make a script to start rocket.chat

cd /var/www/Rocket.Chat/
nano rocket

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paste following line with your url from mongoDB save

export ROOT_URL=https://mydomain.com
export <b>export MONGO_URL=mongodb://user:password@xxxxx.mlab.com:111111/xxxxx</b>
export PORT=3000
node main.js

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give right to execute

sudo chmod +x rocket

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to start the script wait 2 min to be ready

./rocket http://localhost:3000

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forward port on your routeur 80 443
can also acces in local https:192.168.1.162 or http//:192.168.1.162:3000

enjoy!!

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Rocket.Chat on Orange PI pc+

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