In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Rocket.Chat on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.
Rocket.Chat is an open-source web chat server, which is an excellent self-hosted alternative to Slack. It offers many functionalities such as chat, video and voice conferencing, file sharing, and a help-desk system.
Rocket.Chat has many handy features. Some of them are listed below:
- Real-time translation
- Incoming and outgoing WebHook integrations to Rocket.Chat
- Live chat / Messaging call center / Audio Calls
- Powerful APIs
- File Upload and sharing
- Web, Desktop and Mobile applications for Linux, Android, iOS, Windows and Mac
- Remote Video Monitoring
- Custom themes, emojis, sounds, and company assets
- and many more…
Let’s begin with the installation.