How to Install Trudesk on Debian Latest?

Trudesk is an open-source helpdesk software designed to manage customer support queries on a single platform. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Trudesk on Debian and its derivatives.

Requirements

Before we start, you will need:

A Debian-based system
A non-root user with sudo privileges

Installation

Update your system package index and upgrade any existing packages:
```
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
```

Install necessary dependencies:

sudo apt install -y nodejs npm mongodb-server build-essential

Import the public key for the MongoDB apt repository to your system:

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-5.0.asc | sudo apt-key add -

Add the MongoDB apt repository to your system:

echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian $(lsb_release -sc)/mongodb-org/5.0 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-5.0.list

Update your system package index again:
```
sudo apt update
```
Install MongoDB:
```
sudo apt install -y mongodb-org
```

Start the MongoDB service and enable it to start on boot:

sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl enable mongod

Clone the Trudesk repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/trudesk/trudesk.git

Change into the trudesk directory:
```
cd trudesk
```
Install the required npm packages:

sudo npm install

Build the frontend assets:

sudo npm run build:prod

Start Trudesk:

sudo npm start

Accessing Trudesk

Trudesk should now be running on your system. You can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8118. If you're accessing Trudesk from a remote system, replace localhost with the IP address or hostname of your Trudesk server.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we explained how to install Trudesk on Debian, including installing necessary dependencies, setting up MongoDB, and starting Trudesk. We hope that you found this tutorial helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments below.