Installing Mattermost on Clear Linux Latest

Mattermost is a self-hosted, open-source messaging platform that aims to provide team collaboration functionalities. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Mattermost on Clear Linux Latest from the official website.

Prerequisites

Before installing Mattermost, you need to ensure that:

  • You have administrative privileges to install and configure software on Clear Linux Latest.
  • Clear Linux Latest is up-to-date with the latest patches.

Installation Steps

  1. Install Dependencies

Mattermost requires some dependencies to be installed on Clear Linux Latest to function properly. You can install them using the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-postgresql 
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-go
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-openssl    
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-cmake 
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libxml2 
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libxslt
sudo swupd bundle-add runtime-basic 
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-graphicsmagick 
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libexif 
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libjpeg-turbo 
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libtiff
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-openldap 
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-pcre
  1. Create a New PostgreSQL Database

Mattermost uses PostgreSQL as its backend database. Therefore, we need to create a new database and user with permissions to access it. You can do this with the following command:

sudo -u postgres createuser -P mattermost 
sudo -u postgres createdb -O mattermost mattermost
  1. Download and Install Mattermost

Download the latest version of Mattermost available in the official website. Extract the downloaded file to /opt.

cd /opt 
sudo wget https://releases.mattermost.com/5.38.1/mattermost-team-5.38.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz 
sudo tar -xzf mattermost-team-5.38.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
  1. Create a Systemd Service

Mattermost should be started as a service to ensure it runs at boot time. Create a systemd service file with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mattermost.service

Paste the following code and save the file:

[Unit] 
Description=Mattermost 
After=syslog.target 
After=network.target 

[Service]
Type=simple 
User=root
ExecStart=/opt/mattermost/bin/mattermost 
Restart=always 
TimeoutStartSec=0 

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload systemd to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  1. Start the Mattermost Service

Finally, start the Mattermost service with the following command:

sudo systemctl start mattermost

You can verify that Mattermost is running by checking the status of the service:

sudo systemctl status mattermost

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Mattermost on Clear Linux Latest. You can now access it by opening a web browser and visiting your server's IP address or domain name followed by the default port 8065.