How to Install Buddycloud on Fedora Server

Buddycloud is an open-source, real-time chat platform developed on the XMPP protocol. It provides a decentralized social network platform that allows users to interact with each other in real-time. In this tutorial, we will walk through the installation process of Buddycloud on Fedora Server.

Prerequisites

Before we move onto the installation process, let's make sure that we have all the prerequisites installed:

  • A fresh installation of Fedora Server
  • A sudo user

Step 1: Update the system

First, we need to ensure that our Fedora Server is up to date. To do so, run the following command:

sudo dnf update -y

Step 2: Install the required packages

To run Buddycloud on our Fedora Server, we need a few packages. Install them using the following command:


sudo dnf install git npm postgresql-server postgresql-contrib postgresql-devel -y

Step 3: Install Node.js and NPM

Next, we need to install Node.js and NPM on our Fedora Server. We can achieve this by running the following commands:

sudo dnf install nodejs -y 
sudo npm install -g npm 
sudo npm install -g n 
sudo n stable

Step 4: Prepare the database

We need to prepare a PostgreSQL database to use with Buddycloud. Here are the steps to create a new PostgreSQL database:

  1. Initialize the database:
sudo postgresql-setup initdb
  1. Start the PostgreSQL service:
sudo systemctl start postgresql
  1. Create the new database:
sudo su postgres
createdb buddycloud
exit
  1. Create the new database user:
sudo su postgres
psql -d buddycloud
create user buddycloud with password 'password';
grant all privileges on database buddycloud to buddycloud;
exit

Step 5: Clone the Buddycloud repository

We are now ready to clone the Buddycloud repository onto our Fedora Server. Use the following command to clone the repository:


git clone https://github.com/buddycloud/buddycloud-server-java.git

Step 6: Install the required dependencies

Navigate to the cloned directory and then install the required dependencies by running the following command:

cd buddycloud-server-java
npm install

Step 7: Configure the Buddycloud server

Now it's time to configure the Buddycloud server. In the same directory as the cloned repository, create a config.json file:


{
 "server": {
 "domain": "localhost",
 "user": "buddycloud",
 "database": "buddycloud",
 "password": "password"
 },
 "xmpp": {
 "domain": "localhost",
 "componentSecrets": {
 "localhost": "buddycloud"
 },
 "port": 5222
 }
}

Replace the values in the config.json file with the appropriate ones for your configuration.

Step 8: Start the server

We are now ready to start the Buddycloud server. Start it by running the following command:

npm start

If everything went well, you should see the server start up successfully, and you can now access Buddycloud by visiting http://localhost:7070 in a browser.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Buddycloud on your Fedora Server.