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Development Environment

  1. Clone the repository.
    • Terminal Command: git clone https://github.com/hack-chat/main.git hackchat
  2. Enter the directory in your terminal.
    • Terminal Command: cd hackchat
  3. Install using npm.
    • Terminal Command: npm install
  4. Start the application.
    • Terminal Command: npm start

Live Deployment Installation

  1. (Follow steps 1 - 3 above)
  2. Use PM2 to start the backend server.
    • Terminal Command: pm2 start ./server/main.js --node-args="-r esm" --name hackchat
    • See tips below to make the server start on boot.
  3. Migrate the contents of ./hackchat/client into any suitable directory of your webserver. HackChat comes bundled with http-server for development purposes only, it is highly recommended that you use a better web server such as Nginx or Apache.
  4. (OPTIONAL) Cleanup; you may delete hackchat/clientSource and hackchat/documentation

Tips

  • If you plan on using SSL to serve the client; you will need to use a reverse proxy, as TLS is not natively supported by the hack.chat server software (this may change in future releases).
  • Do not use root. Installing while using the root account or installing with root privileges will result in an error similar to the following: npm WARN lifecycle hack.chat-v2@2.1.92~postinstall: cannot run in wd hack.chat-v2@2.1.91 cd ./clientSource && npm install && cd .. & cd ./server && npm install && npm run config (wd='/dir')
  • PM2 may be configured to start the backend server on boot, read https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/startup/
  • Do not install NodeJS using sudo apt install nodejs, instead use: 
    cd ~
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
sudo apt install nodejs
  • Quick setup script, tested on Ubuntu 18.
    • cd ~
    • nano ./hc_install.sh
    • Paste: 
      #!/bin/bash
cd ~
sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential git
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
sudo apt install nodejs
nodejs -v
npm -v
git --version
git clone https://github.com/hack-chat/main.git hackchat
cd hackchat
npm install
    • Ctrl + x
    • Y
    • chmod u+x ./hc_install.sh
    • ./hc_install.sh