install on debian

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System Requirements

sudo apt -y update
# sudo apt -y upgrade

sudo apt install -y curl build-essential graphicsmagick

curl -L https://releases.rocket.chat/latest/download -o /tmp/rocket.chat.tgz
tar xzf /tmp/rocket.chat.tgz -C /tmp

# WARNING: you should ensure this is running with the required node version (mostly 14.21.3)
# Solution: install this node version in `rocketchat` user and run the following with that user
sudo chown -R rocketchat:rocketchat /tmp/bundle
sudo su - rocketchat
(cd /tmp/bundle/programs/server; npm i)
exit

systemctl stop rocketchat

# if some old version exists, back it up first!
sudo mv /opt/Rocket.Chat /opt/old-Rocket.Chat

# prepare new version
sudo mv /tmp/bundle /opt/Rocket.Chat
sudo chown -R rocketchat:rocketchat /opt/Rocket.Chat

systemctl start rocketchat

check node and mongodb versions

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• Release Page -> https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/releases
• API -> https://releases.rocket.chat/6.3.0/info or https://releases.rocket.chat/latest/info

Use like this:

curl https://releases.rocket.chat/latest/info -s | jq '.nodeVersion' -r

• see .node_version.txt file at the root of bundle

install with docker

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backup and restore

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Mongodump

Mongorestore

mongodump --gzip --archive=pathDatabase.gz
mongorestore --gzip --archive=pathDatabase.gz

• You can back up a specific database by adding the --db Database option to the mongodump command.
• You can back up a specific collection by adding the --collection collectionName option to mongodump.
• When restoring, you can use the --drop option to drop the database before restoring.
• If using authentication, you need to include the --username and --authenticationDatabase options.