Installing Scoold on Ubuntu Server Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Scoold on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Before we begin, make sure that your server is up to date by running the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Once your server is up to date, follow these steps:

Step 1: Install Java

Scoold requires Java to be installed on your server. To install Java, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install default-jre

Step 2: Install MongoDB

Scoold uses MongoDB as its database. To install MongoDB, run the following commands:

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs)/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl enable mongod

Step 3: Download and configure Scoold

To download and configure Scoold, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Scoold website at https://scoold.com/ and download the latest version of Scoold.
  2. Extract the Scoold archive to your desired location.
  3. Navigate to the config directory in the Scoold installation directory and open the application.conf file.
  4. Edit the mongodb.uri property to reflect the connection string for your MongoDB instance. The default connection string is mongodb://localhost:27017/scoold.
  5. Save the application.conf file and close it.

Step 4: Start Scoold

To start Scoold, navigate to the Scoold installation directory and run the following command:

sudo nohup java -jar scoold.jar &

This will start Scoold as a background process. You can access Scoold by navigating to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Step 5: Configure Scoold

To configure Scoold, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the config directory in the Scoold installation directory and open the scoold.conf file.
  2. Edit the properties in the scoold.conf file to reflect your desired configuration settings.
  3. Save the scoold.conf file and close it.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Scoold on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now start using Scoold to create a collaborative knowledge base for your team.