Introduction
Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor full-stack framework as a Slack alternative.
It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to building and evolve their own chat platforms.
Prerequisites
Operating System: AlmaLinux 8/9 or Rocky Linux 8/9 (64-bit)
CPU: Minimum 2 CPU cores (4+ recommended for production)
RAM: Minimum 2 GB (4+ GB recommended)
Disk Space: At least 30 GB SSD (more if storing files/media)
Docker Engine & Docker Compose
Root or Sudo privilege.
Installation
Update your system
Always keep your server up-to-date.
dnf update -y
Install Docker and Docker Compose
If you don't have Docker and Docker Compose installed, you need to set up the Docker repository. Afterward, you can install and update Docker from the repository.
Install the dnf-plugins-core package and set up the repository.
dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/rhel/docker-ce.repo
To install the latest version, run:
dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
Start Docker Engine
systemctl enable --now docker
Fetch the compose file
Use the curl command to download the compose.yml file by executing the commands:
cd /opt
curl -L https://go.rocket.chat/i/docker-compose.yml -O
Create a .env file
Create a .env file with the following command and paste the contents of the official .env.example file.
nano .env
Paste in the content. (for HTTPS)
# see:- https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/releases
RELEASE=7.9.3
ROOT_URL=https://YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME
BIND_IP=127.0.0.1
DOMAIN=YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME
LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=YOUREMAIL@ADDRESS
Start Rocket.Chat
Save the .env file and start up the Rocket.Chat container by executing this command:
docker compose up -d
Access your Rocket.Chat workspace
To access your workspace, visit
http://YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME
Run Traefik (for HTTPS)
Download the Traefik template by running the following command:
curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RocketChat/Docker.Official.Image/master/traefik.yml
Recreate the existing Rocket.Chat container:
docker compose up -d rocketchat --force-recreate
Start traefik:
docker compose -f traefik.yml up -d