Install Mattermost - Secure Collaboration Platform - on Linux
16#Mattermost #Collaboration #Linux
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What is Mattermost?
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Mattermost is a secure collaboration platform for accelerating mission-critical collaborative work. The platform is built to meet the custom needs of technical and operational teams in rigorous and complex environments, including government, defense, and critical infrastructure. Mattermost gives organizations full control over their data with self-hosted and private deployment options and access to the source code. - https://docs.mattermost.com/about/product.html
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Installation
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01. Log into the Linux device
02. Run the following commands in terminal
update software repositories
sudo apt update
install available software updates
sudo apt upgrade
install prerequisites
sudo apt install wget git apt-transport-https -y
install postgresql
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-client -y
enable the postgresql service and start it
sudo systemctl enable postgresql --now
connect to postgresql
sudo -u postgres psql postgres
create mattermost database user
create user mattermost_rw with password 'Matt3rM0st';
create mattermost database
create database mattermost with encoding='UTF8' template='template0' owner='mattermost_rw';
close postgresql connection
exit
create mattermost user
sudo useradd -mrd /opt/mattermost mattermost -s "$(which bash)"
create /opt/mattermost directory
sudo mkdir /opt/mattermost -p
set owner of /opt/mattermost
sudo chown mattermost:mattermost /opt/mattermost -R
switch to mattermost user
sudo su - mattermost
fetch the latest download URL
regex='(https:\/\/releases\.mattermost\.com\/[^/]*\/mattermost-[^/]*-linux-amd64\.tar\.gz)' && response=$(curl https://docs.mattermost.com/about/version-archive.html) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
download mattermost
wget -O /tmp/mattermost.tar.gz $downloadURL
extract the download
tar -xvzf /tmp/mattermost.tar.gz -C /opt/mattermost --strip-component 1
backup config json file
cp /opt/mattermost/config/config.json /opt/mattermost/config/config.json.orig
edit config.json
nano /opt/mattermost/config/config.json
03. Set the SiteURL value
"SiteURL": "http://debian.local/",
04. Scroll down to find the SqlSettings configuration, update the DataSource value as follows
"DataSource": "postgres://mattermost_rw:Matt3rM0st@localhost/mattermost?sslmode=disable\u0026connect_timeout=10\u0026binary_parameters=yes",
05. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes
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Running Mattermost as a Service
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01. Back in the Terminal, continue with the following commands
exit the mattermost user shell
exit
create mattermost service file
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mattermost.service
02. Paste the following into mattermost.service
[Unit]
Description=Mattermost
After=postgresql.service
BindsTo=postgresql.service
[Service]
Type=notify
ExecStart=/opt/mattermost/bin/mattermost
TimeoutStartSec=3600
KillMode=mixed
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
WorkingDirectory=/opt/mattermost
User=mattermost
Group=mattermost
LimitNOFILE=49152
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
03. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes
04. Continue with the following commands
reload systemd services
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
start mattermost service on boot and now
sudo systemctl enable mattermost --now
05. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8065
06. Click the View in Browser button
07. Complete the form to create an account
08. Enter an Organization Name ≫ Click Continue
09. Complete the remaining prompts or choose to skip
10. Welcome to Mattermost
Source: https://docs.mattermost.com/install/install-tar.html
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