How to Install Helpy on Fedora CoreOS

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of Helpy on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.

Step 1 - Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • A running instance of Fedora CoreOS
  • A user account with sudo privileges

Step 2 - Download and Install Docker

Helpy is a web-based application that requires Docker to run. To download and install the latest version of Docker, execute the following command:

sudo rpm-ostree install docker

Once the installation is complete, start and enable the Docker service using the following commands:

sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker

Step 3 - Download and Configure Helpy

Next, let's download and configure Helpy:

  1. Clone the Helpy repository from GitHub by running git clone https://github.com/helpyio/helpy.git.
  2. cd to the cloned directory.
  3. Open docker-compose.yaml in your preferred text editor.
  4. Under the section volumes, change /tmp/helpy/config:/usr/src/app/config to /home/<USER>/helpy/config:/usr/src/app/config, where <USER> is the name of the user who cloned the repository.
  5. Save and close the file.

Step 4 - Starting Helpy

From the Helpy directory, run the following command to start the application:

sudo docker-compose up -d

The command will download all required images and start the Helpy application. The "-d" flag is used to run the container in detached mode, meaning the application will keep running in the background.

Step 5 - Accessing Helpy

Once Helpy is running properly, you can access it from your web browser by going to http://<IP_Address>:8080. Replace <IP_Address> with the IP address of your Fedora CoreOS instance.

You should see the Helpy welcome page, indicating that the installation was successful.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Helpy on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS. With Helpy up and running, you can start using it to manage your customer support requests.