Install Rocketchat in Your Proxmox LXC Container With Docker

1. What is Rocket.Chat?

  • An open-source team communication platform, similar to Slack.
  • Self-hosted, customizable, and privacy-focused.
  • Provides real-time chat, video calls, and collaboration tools.
  • It can de installed using Docker

2. Why Use Rocket.Chat?

  • Full control over your data and no reliance on third-party services.
  • Easy to deploy with Docker for self-hosting.
  • Feature-rich, with integrations for automation and productivity.
  • The really workd together with Jitsi Meeti which we covered last week
  • They do have a Free Offering

2.2 Slack

  • Slack is not opensource
  • Slack is not free
  • You cant Self Host Slack

3. Official pages

This is what we need :
https://docs.rocket.chat/docs/deploy-with-docker-docker-compose
https://www.rocket.chat/pricing

For the latest Release:
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/releases

4. Install Rocket Chat

Run these commands :

sudo su -

mkdir -p /opt/stacks/rocketchat 

cd /opt/stacks/rocketchat

4.1 Get the Docker compose file

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RocketChat/Docker.Official.Image/master/compose.yml


ls -la

nano compose.yaml

4.2 Select the release and create the .env file

https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/releases

release: 6.10.8
Engine versions
Node: 14.21.3
MongoDB: 4.4, 5.0, 6.0
Apps-Engine: 1.43.3

Create an env file based on :
https://github.com/RocketChat/Docker.Official.Image/blob/main/env.example

nano .env

Sample Docker-Compose File: Here’s a simple docker-compose.yml setup:

version: "3"
services:
  rocketchat:
    image: rocketchat/rocket.chat:latest
    container_name: rocketchat
    environment:
      - MONGO_URL=mongodb://mongo:27017/rocketchat
      - ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000
      - PORT=3000
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
    depends_on:
      - mongo
  mongo:
    image: mongo:5.0
    container_name: mongo
    command: mongod --smallfiles --oplogSize 128 --replSet rs0 --storageEngine wiredTiger
    volumes:
      - ./data/db:/data/db
      - ./data/configdb:/data/configdb

Run this command:

docker compose pull

Run Rocket.Chat: Simply execute:

docker compose up -d && docker compose logs

Access the Web Interface: Open http://:3000 in your browser to complete the setup.
Open the browser to:
http://tiger.loseyourip.com:3000