rocketchat/rocket.chat.raspberrypi

Run a private social network on your Pi for iPhone and Android devices !

Run your own private Social Network on a Pi

• Raspberry Pi is the tiny $35 quad-core computer that revolutionalized affordable servers
• Rocket.Chat is the popular high performance, large capacity, open source team communications platform that rocked the server world

You can now run a private chat server on your Pi for:

• family
• social or hobby group
• sports team
• school
• office

Enjoy Rocket.Chat features including:

• Video and audio chat
• Share photos and voice messages
• Share streaming music and video links
• iOS app for iPhones and iPads
• App for Android phones and tablets
• Desktop app for Windows, MacOSX and Linux
• Operate in 22 different languages
• Multiple Rooms
• Direct Messages
• Private Groups
• Off the record encrypted messages
• Avatars
• Emojis
• Media Embeds
• Link Previews
• Many more ...

Background

This project adapts the Rocket.Chat server to run on a Raspberry Pi 4

Learn about Rocket.Chat.

Prerequisites

• Raspberry Pi 4 or newer (4 GB or 8 GB version recommended)
• the fastest and largest capacity microSD you can get, we recommend 128GB Class 10 or higher
• Proper stable power supply for USB-C (5V 3A or more)
• Internet connection

Up and running in minutes

You can get a Rocket.Chat server and a mongoDB instance working on your Raspiberry Pi 4 Model B (either 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB) in a few minutes. Here's how:

1. Prepare your SD-Card: download Ubuntu 18.04 LTS image. Make sure you use 18.04LTS and NOT 20.04LTS as snap on 20.04LTS currently has problem with Arm64 version of mongoDB. If you want to use Raspbian, make sure you use the 64bit image and perform apt-get install snapd to install the snap daemon before proceeding to step 2.

If you really want to use 20.04lts and are already familiar with docker technology, then follow these instructuions to install the latest Rocket.Chat on the latest ubuntu distribution. The rest of this section assumes you are using 18.04lts.

2. Log in to your Pi with the standard username "ubuntu" and password "ubuntu". If you want to log in remotely via SSH you have will have to enable SSH.

3. It is a good idea to bring the system up to date after installation. You can issue the commands apt-get update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade to make sure the system is caught up with all the fixes and sub-releases.

4. Perform sudo snap install rocketchat-server. This will take at least a couple of mintues. PLEASE BE PATIENT! I know how difficult it may be waiting for your own private social network to be birthed. BUT please wait a few minutes until everything has been completed.

That's it, your private chat server should now be LIVE!

Point a PC/Laptop browser on the same network as your Pi to http://<server ip>:3000 and\ access your Rocket.Chat server! Create the first user, which will become the server's adminsitrator. Have fun!

Read about the thousands of configuration / customization options available to you.

Put your chat server on the Internet for global access

With your Rocket.Chat server up and running, start another shell - typically (Ctrl-Alt-F2) or (Ctl-Alt-F3).

Login, download and start ngrok (see ngrok.com if you need more information):

$ curl https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-arm.zip -o ngrok.zip
$ unzip ngrok.zip
$ cd ngrok
$ ./ngrok http 3000

Now follow the instruction and give the ngrok link to your friends and family anywhere in the world.

They can access your server via the ngrok link.

If you connect and disconnect your Pi server from the Internet all the time (that's usually not a good idea if you are serious about operating a server), you will discover that the ngrok link changes every time you restart. A possible solution is to use one of the Dynamic DNS services.

Enable https:// support for your domain name

If you have a registered domain name and a static IP address and want to easily put your Pi on a domain, you can use either:

1. use the built-in caddy server -- see all the related instructions on our snap auto SSL with Lets Encrypt and Caddy documentation
2. install Nginx NGINX reverse proxy for Rocket.Chat

HINTS:

• Don't forget to configure your router to forward ports 80 and 443 to the pi
• If you want to use the voice and video chat features, make sure you give them the link starting with https://

Mobile messaging on phones and tablets

Ask your friends to download the Rocket.Chat mobile app on Android PlayStore or the Apple Appstore for their phone and tablets!

Add your server's ngrok link to the app, and start mobile messaging one another!

Invite tons of friends

The power of the Pi4 as a social network server is amazing, estimated capacity:

Models	Users	Notes
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 2GB of RAM	50	you should comfortably host 50 users with moderate file share activity. Use a 128GB SD card and clean uploads once a month or so.
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 4GB of RAM	100s (we hope to bring this up to 1000 users by end of 2020, wish us luck) as of June 2020, on release 3.3.3+ 1000 registered users should be possible	Recommend addition of a USB3 based 1TB SSD for object storage when used for file sharing communities (ideally object storage handled off the Pi via S3 interface).
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 8GB of RAM	as of June 2020, on release 3.3.3+ 2000 registered users should be possible	Recommend addition of a USB3 based 4TB SSD for object storage when used for file sharing communities (ideally object storage handled off the Pi via S3 interface).

There are many other pocket-sized ARM servers that Rocket.Chat can run on. See for example, on how to run high capacity Rocket.Chat server on Odroid XU4.

Ubuntu 18.04 lts and 64bit Arm support

If you have a Pi 4 with 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB RAM and want a more robust and common server setup. Download the 64bit Arm version of the operating system from this page.

Then you can install the 64bit server using snap, or docker. Explore this repository for docker deployment information on arm64.

Successful Installation on Rpi 3B+

(May work on RPi 2 as well : test needed) Running snap or manual install of Rocket.Chat under a Raspian ArmH or Ubuntu server 18.04 AmrH cause dependencies issues and does not succeed (2020 April,1st). Snap installation do work under Ubuntu server 18.04 64ARM (without the "H"). You can have access to the port 3000 once it is open in your firewall sudo ufw allow 3000

More fun with community contributions

RockOnPi community member @rdagger has contributed this excellent YouTube video on manual installation - just click on picture to watch:

Try the following optional enchacements for your RocketOnPi, contributed by your friendly fellow community members:

Auto re-start Rocket.Chat if Pi Reboots or Crashes, by @elpatron68 and @j8r

Monitor or control anything connected to your Pi, from anywhere - hubot style!, by @sing-li

Stuck? Need help?

First, check our list of Frequently Asked Questions to see if your question is already included.

If not, create an issue here: https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.RaspberryPi/issues/new

OR

Come join us at https://open.rocket.chat/ to get help from friendly RockOnPi community members and Rocket.Chat dev team.

RockOnPi Community meetup 24 x 7

The RockOnPi community gathers at https://open.rocket.chat/channel/raspberrypi - and talk Pi !!

Makers Ahoy!

Your imagination is your only limit.

Both Raspberry Pi and Rocket.Chat are open source, 100% programmable, 100% Makers-ready!

• get the Raspberry Pi Camera into a Rocket.Chat room
• hook up your home control project to Rocket.Chat
• manage your fleet of drones remotely on the web via RC on Pi

Tell us about your innovative project, or find other collaborators at:

https://open.rocket.chat/channel/raspberrypi

Support this project

Help us spread the word about this project!

Tell all your Pi and Maker friends! Show off Rocket.Chat at your next meetup!

Tweet about us, or show off Pi with Rocket.Chat on Facebook!

Order a Rocket.Chat sticker for your Mac, tablet, or Pi case!

Where to get the Raspberry Pi server

• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 2GB RAM at MicroCenter
• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 4GB RAM at MicroCenter
• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 2GB RAM at Newark
• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 4GB RAM at Newark

Where to get Rocket.Chat

Apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, MacOSX:

https://Rocket.Chat/

Server source code (open source MIT Licensed):

https://github.com/rocketchat/Rocket.Chat

rocket.chat.raspberrypi's Issues

What about this error on Raspberry Pi 3 B+ ?

error: snap "rocketchat-server" is not available on stable but is available to install on the
following channels:

   candidate  snap install --candidate rocketchat-server
   beta       snap install --beta rocketchat-server
   edge       snap install --edge rocketchat-server

   Please be mindful pre-release channels may include features not completely tested or
   implemented. Get more information with 'snap info rocketchat-server'.

Cannot setup HTTPS support

Hi,
i did everything as per the instructions in this file (https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.RaspberryPi) but am unable to enable https for rocket.chat.
I am using the raspi 4 8gb with the 64 bit rasbian image that is also linked there.
When i try to follow these instructions (https://docs.rocket.chat/installation/manual-installation/ubuntu/snaps/autossl) i ecountered the following issue when executing

sudo snap set rocketchat-server https=enable

error: cannot perform the following tasks:

• Run configure hook of "rocketchat-server" snap (run hook "configure":

---

dig: error while loading shared libraries: libdns.so.162: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Error: Can't resove DNS query for my domain, check your DNS configuration, disabling https ...
-----)

Port forwarding is set (80, 443 and 3000), http works on port 3000.
This closed issue did not help me: #41

Hope someone can help me.

Update Rocket.Chat.RaspberryPi to latest release?

Is there any way to update the 0.13.0 to the latest version of Rocket Chat?

problems with mobile clients

If I try to connect to my raspberry pie version of rocket.chat the interface dont work. Only html text interface without a gui around it. Any ideas?

ngrok instructions

Hi, the instructions for installing ngrok asks the user to run the following command:

curl https://dl.ngrok.com/ngrok_2.0.19_linux_arm.zip -o ngrok.zip unzip ngrok.zip cd ngrok ./ngrok http 3000

However, on a newly installed Ubtuntu Core server, doing so gives this result:

-bash: curl: command not found

How do you actually get Ngrok on the Pi?

Error: Cannot find module 'fibers'

i tried also everything i still got this

Error: Cannot find module 'fibers'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object. (/root/roooocket/bundle/programs/server/boot.js:1:75)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)

`GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by /home/pi/meteor/dev_bundle/bin/node)

when i try to install rocket.chat on my raspberrypi 2, i get the following error

pi@retropie ~/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server $ ~/meteor/dev_bundle/bin/npm install
GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by /home/pi/meteor/dev_bundle/bin/node)

typo in command execution

I believe this line is incorrent:

PORT=3000  ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000   MONGO_URL=mongo://user@password:dataurlfrommongolabs    $HOME/rocketchat/dev_bundle/bin/node main.js

It should be:

PORT=3000  ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000   MONGO_URL=mongo://user@password:dataurlfrommongolabs    $HOME/meteor/dev_bundle/bin/node main.js

Snap "core" core-support-plug

Good day everyone,

I'm currently trying to test Rocket.chat on my RPI 3, before deploying it on an other server for a group. Unfortunetly, I'm blocked during the install, and don't understand why. (I'm like a beginner in linux and Raspberry)

For now, I've install ca-certificates sudo apt install snapd ca-certificates
But when I lunch the install for rocketchat with sudo snap install rocketchat-server it run without end on `2017-08-26T14:01:11+02:00 INFO snap "core" has bad plugs or slots: core-support-plug (unknown interface)
error: cannot perform the following tasks:

• Run configure hook of "core" snap if present (run hook "configure"`

When I stop it after few hours, I have ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored. ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored. ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.

I don't understand the problem with "core".
Anybody could give me a hand on this problem?

Thank you for your help by advence, and sorry for my english :)

Improvemnt for documentation to install meteor universal

Hi @Sing-Li

Cool repo here 👍 I like it!

Just to inform you: Meteor universal ist now on release 1.3.3.1.

So if you run git clone without a branch it will head always to the latest marked branch when we switch that on github. If you want to point to a special meteor release, you may add the branch to be stable for deployment.

git clone --depth 1 -b release-1.3.3.1-universal https://github.com/4commerce-technologies-AG/meteor.git meteor

Cheers
Tom

Rocket.Chat on Qnap TS-431X with ARM architektur

Hello,
I have a Docker container with arm32v7 / ubuntu: xenial installed on my Qnap TS-431X. Is it possible to install Rocket.chat on it and if so how?

With snap, it can not be installed in any case. = (

Could someone please help me there? Or. create a container that works?

Ever thank you in advance!

Best regards

Snap daemon won't start

Hello there !

After following the install instructions, with the latest version (November 2018) of
Raspbian Stretch Lite on Raspberry Pi B+, i get stuck at sudo snap install rocketchat-server.
The problem seems to be related to snapd that always fails to start, even after reboot.

pi@raspberrypi:/lib/systemd/system $ sudo systemctl status snapd
● snapd.service - Snappy daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/snapd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: signal) since Thu 2018-12-27 16:02:28 CET; 7s ago
  Process: 2212 ExecStart=/usr/lib/snapd/snapd (code=killed, signal=SEGV)
 Main PID: 2212 (code=killed, signal=SEGV)

déc. 27 16:02:28 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
déc. 27 16:02:28 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
déc. 27 16:02:28 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped Snappy daemon.
déc. 27 16:02:28 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
déc. 27 16:02:28 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start Snappy daemon.
déc. 27 16:02:28 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.service: Unit entered failed state.
déc. 27 16:02:28 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.service: Failed with result 'signal'.

WIth a little investigation, it seems that at the end of snapd installation, something went wrong:

Job for snapd.autoimport.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered to the control process.
See "systemctl status snapd.autoimport.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
snapd.autoimport.service couldn't start.

systemctl status snapd.autoimport.service gives me:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ systemctl status snapd.autoimport.service
● snapd.autoimport.service - Auto import assertions from block devices
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/snapd.autoimport.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: signal) since Thu 2018-12-27 17:15:20 CET; 23s ago
  Process: 1389 ExecStart=/usr/bin/snap auto-import (code=killed, signal=ILL)
 Main PID: 1389 (code=killed, signal=ILL)

déc. 27 17:15:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Auto import assertions from block devices...
déc. 27 17:15:20 raspberrypi /usr/bin/snap[1389]: cmd.go:105: DEBUG: restarting into "/snap/core/current/usr/bin/snap"
déc. 27 17:15:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.autoimport.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=4/ILL
déc. 27 17:15:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start Auto import assertions from block devices.
déc. 27 17:15:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.autoimport.service: Unit entered failed state.
déc. 27 17:15:20 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.autoimport.service: Failed with result 'signal'.

journalctl -xe gives me:

déc. 27 17:15:21 raspberrypi /usr/lib/snapd/snapd[1410]: cmd.go:105: DEBUG: restarting into "/snap/core/current/usr/li
déc. 27 17:15:21 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV
déc. 27 17:15:21 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.service: Unit entered failed state.
déc. 27 17:15:21 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
déc. 27 17:15:21 raspberrypi systemd[1]: snapd.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
déc. 27 17:15:21 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped Snappy daemon.

Does anyone have an idea on how to solve this ?

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS should now work.

The issue said that it was fixed.
So edit the doc, I guess?

Do not reveive e-mails | SMTP Config

Hello,

I have installed the Ubuntu 20.4 LTS on my RPI 4 8GB. For that, I used the instructions from here to install Rocket.Chat on it.

Unfortunately, I can not receive any e-mail which was sent by my rocket.chat server. First I tried it with a Microsoft Exchange server. Then I tried it with Gmail. Did also not work.

The only thing I want to do is to invite other users.

The SMTP config is as follows:
Protocol: smtps
Host: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 587
IgnoreTLS disabled
Pool enabled

• my credentials

Do you know what could be the reason for that?

Thanks!!

Regards,
Sinic

Cannot connect to Rocket.Chat from desktop clients

I have a Rocket.Chat server running on a raspberry pi 4 with SSL, notifications, etc. Things seem to be working quite well.

I can connect from the browser and currently ( as of Feb 2022 ) from an iOS client ( I have not tested android ). However, I cannot access the server from the Linux or Mac desktop clients ( haven't tested windows but assume it will be the same ). It says something along the lines of it not being able to find the server.

On the server, I am getting the message from rocket.cat: "MongoDB version 3.2.15 is deprecated, please upgrade your installation." I suspect this has something to do with it.

Will this be fixed in the snap and in the meantime, Is there a workaround?

Thanks

No buildpath available for Raspberry pi 4

I have a Raspberry Pi 4b, and at current there appears to be no path to install rocketchat-server on it.

I've attempted the snap but it shows that avx and avx2 are not supported by the Pi, I've also attempted following the instructions to install with docker, but it also confirms the same issue, no currently supported version of mongodb will run on the raspberry pi 4.

This has killed this entire repo as I cannot see another path forward for this. If I'm missing something, please advise.

Best regards,
Mike

Error when starting rocketchat server.

/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/node_modules/fibers/future.js:245
throw(ex);
^
Error: No replica set primary available for query with ReadPreference PRIMARY
at Object.Future.wait (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/node_modules/fibers/future.js:395:16)
at [object Object].MongoConnection._ensureIndex (packages/mongo/mongo_driver.js:790:1)
at [object Object].Mongo.Collection._ensureIndex (packages/mongo/collection.js:635:1)
at setupUsersCollection (accounts_server.js:1413:9)
at new AccountsServer (accounts_server.js:49:5)
at Package (globals_server.js:5:12)
at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/packages/accounts-base.js:1814:4
at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/packages/accounts-base.js:1825:3
at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/boot.js:242:10
at Array.forEach (native)
- - - - -
at [object Object].ReplSet.checkoutReader (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/repl_set/repl_set.js:619:14)
at Cursor.nextObject (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/cursor.js:748:48)
at Cursor.toArray (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/cursor.js:169:10)
at Db.indexInformation (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/db.js:1631:39)
at Db.ensureIndex (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/db.js:1498:8)
at Collection.ensureIndex (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/collection/index.js:68:11)
at [object Object].MongoConnection._ensureIndex (packages/mongo/mongo_driver.js:789:1)
at [object Object].Mongo.Collection._ensureIndex (packages/mongo/collection.js:635:1)
at setupUsersCollection (accounts_server.js:1413:9)
at new AccountsServer (accounts_server.js:49:5)

snap install yields cannot open shared object file

Im getting this error just following the steps in the readme

error: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Run configure hook of "rocketchat-server" snap if present (run hook "configure":
-----
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
"((enable)|(disable))" is not a valid, set to enable or disable
-----)

uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 4.14.79-v7+ #1159 SMP Sun Nov 4 17:50:20 GMT 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux

cat /etc/os-release
...
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
...

Mobile iOS notifications not working fully

iOS V. 9.3.4 (13G35) iPhone 6s Rocket.Chat App

I have a couple rooms enabled that have all messages set to notify. Unfortunately, it doesn't' appear that they are being sent when a message arrives.

I'm using the application Franz (http://meetfranz.com/) that is connected also to the Rocketchat server I have created. It receives desktop notifications fine.

As well, when I run the "test mobile notification" it sends out correctly and I see the test.

Mentions are working OK as well I believe, but I'll have to test again.

Rocket.Chat Server Info
Version: 0.34.0

Please let me know if there is any other information needed.

Problem installing Rocket Chat.

I've tried to install Rocket Chat on my raspberry pi following this guide: [(https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.RaspberryPi)]

After applying "sudo snap install rocket chat-server" reported a mistake, I didn't remember.

localhost:3000 doesn't work
curl -i localhost:3000 gives "curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 3000: Connection refused"

When I'm trying to apply sudo snap install rocket chat-server one more time "Illegal instruction" appears. When trying to delete the package tells that no such package installed.

Looks like snap is down, haven't find a way to repair it yet.

Help ,me please. Really like the idea of using rocket chat on my local.

Best regards, Alexey.

Running on 64-bit kernel

I was trying experiment with the Raspbian 64-bit kernel and it seemed that the Rocket Chat server cannot start. Is this to be expected?

Raspberry Pi 3B+ can running?

Error: failed to connect to [81:27017]

Hi,

When I run whit my user and password:

PORT=3000 ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000 MONGO_URL=mongodb://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/dataurlfrommongolabs $HOME/meteor/dev_bundle/bin/node main.js

I get:

Error: failed to connect to [81:27017]

I created a db on https://mlab.com
What shoul I do?

Thanks

server won't restart after shutdown

I use this code after shutting down my pi
cd /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle
PORT=3000 ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000 MONGO_URL=mongodb://'user':'password'@':host':'port'/'user' /home/pi/meteor/dev_bundle/bin/node main.js
but receive the following error message
/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/node_modules/fibers/future.js:278
throw(ex);
^
MongoError: Authentication failed.
at Object.Future.wait (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/node_modules/fibers/future.js:398:15)
at new MongoConnection (packages/mongo/mongo_driver.js:213:1)
at new MongoInternals.RemoteCollectionDriver (packages/mongo/remote_collection_driver.js:4:1)
at Object. (packages/mongo/remote_collection_driver.js:38:1)
at Object.defaultRemoteCollectionDriver (packages/underscore/underscore.js:750:1)
at new Mongo.Collection (packages/mongo/collection.js:102:1)
at AccountsServer.AccountsCommon (accounts_common.js:23:18)
at new AccountsServer (accounts_server.js:16:5)
at Package (globals_server.js:5:12)
at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/packages/accounts-base.js:1814:4
- - - - -
at Object.toError (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/utils.js:114:11)
at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/db.js:1196:31
at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/db.js:1905:9
at Server.Base._callHandler (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/base.js:453:41)
at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/server.js:488:18
at [object Object].MongoReply.parseBody (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/responses/mongo_reply.js:68:5)
at [object Object]. (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/server.js:446:20)
at [object Object].emit (events.js:95:17)
at [object Object]. (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/connection_pool.js:207:13)
at [object Object].emit (events.js:98:17)

any reason why I keep getting this ?
thanks

Rocket.Chat on Pi 3b fibers/future.js:278 throws error

Hello,

Installed rocketchat on a new Pi 3b Setup, used the manual installation guide
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.RaspberryPi

Now it gives me some error when starting the server with

PORT=3000 ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000 MONGO_URL=mongodb://:@:/dataurlfrommongolabs $HOME/meteor/dev_bundle/bin/node main.js

(And yes, I am using a DB on our side and the DB is working fine)

Error:

/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/node_modules/fibers/future.js:278
throw(ex);
^
[object Object]
at Object.Future.wait (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/node_modules/fibers/future.js:398:15)
at new MongoConnection (packages/mongo/mongo_driver.js:213:1)
at new MongoInternals.RemoteCollectionDriver (packages/mongo/remote_collection_driver.js:4:1)
at Object. (packages/mongo/remote_collection_driver.js:38:1)
at Object.defaultRemoteCollectionDriver (packages/underscore/underscore.js:750:1)
at new Mongo.Collection (packages/mongo/collection.js:102:1)
at AccountsServer.AccountsCommon (accounts_common.js:23:18)
at new AccountsServer (accounts_server.js:16:5)
at Package (globals_server.js:5:12)
at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/packages/accounts-base.js:1762:4

What can I do here? I am already trying to get Rocket.Chat running the whole week.
Used Pi 3b+ before, now trying it iwht Pi 3b.
Clean and fresh Raspbian installation, tried every method. Even with ubuntu core and so on, everything really "sad" and not working.

Thanks for any help :)

RocketChat V3 on RPi 3B+

Hello ! Thank you for your amazing job !

Just to confirm a throught :
On Rpi 3B+, I can't upgrade above v1.03 in stable version and 1.3.2 in candidate/edge/beta version.

There is no 2.X or 3.X channels availible on snap, maybe because of the processor's type ?

I tried installing via a CENTOS server in ovh, and it offer the V2 (but no V3) version natively, so it confirm my hypothesis...

I will consider stopping my stuff in rPi and rent a proper server for my services (nextcloud, gitlab & rocketchat)

Cheers
Victor

EDIT: here is my snap info rocketchat-server on rpi 3b+ :

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo snap info rocketchat-server
name:      rocketchat-server
summary:   Group chat server for 100s,  installed in seconds.
publisher: Rocket.Chat (rocketchat✓)
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/rocketchat-server
contact:   https://open.rocket.chat/channel/ubuntu-snap
license:   unset
description: |
  Slack-like online chat server for your office, group or family.   Up and running in seconds.
  Supports file sharing, video conference, geolocation, and much more.   Web and mobile client.  
  MIT licensed Open Source project.   List of features at  https://rocket.chat/ ,  MIT licensed
  source code at https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat , 24 x 7 community support and community
  server at https://open.rocket.chat/
commands:
  - rocketchat-server.backupdb
  - rocketchat-server.initcaddy
  - rocketchat-server.mongo
  - rocketchat-server.restoredb
services:
  rocketchat-server.rocketchat-caddy: simple, enabled, inactive
  rocketchat-server.rocketchat-mongo: simple, enabled, active
  rocketchat-server:                  simple, enabled, active
snap-id:      wdBUbiEuMNHmAHLBCXQXOcXaOCvbWS1e
tracking:     latest/candidate
refresh-date: today at 13:41 CEST
channels:
  latest/stable:    1.0.3 2019-05-28 (1375) 191MB -
  latest/candidate: 1.3.2 2020-02-11 (1397) 187MB -
  latest/beta:      1.3.2 2020-02-11 (1397) 187MB -
  latest/edge:      1.3.2 2019-08-24 (1397) 187MB -
installed:          1.3.2            (1397) 187MB -

Is it possible for me to chat with several Pis in my local area?

Dear
Hi I have some questions. I appreciate if you can answer me.
Is it possible for me to chat with several Pis in my local area with access point and without connection to internet?
Chat interface is available on raspberry pi?
Yours

ngrok

"Login, download and start ngrok (see ngrok.com if you need more information):"
Ngrok didn't provide me with any information. I can get to the server on my local network, but I don't understand the whole ngrok thing. I have the zip file, I have it unzipped, but when I run it, nothing happens. If I tell it to open in a terminal window, and tell it to keep that window open after it executes, it doesn't. Something flashes on the screen and that's it. I can't get the authtoken and I don't understand why.

Audio/Video not working

I installed according to the guide and everything starts but clicking on the microphone icon does nothing, any ideas? Tried both Chrome and FF.

https://cdn-download.rocket.chat/build/rocket.chat-pi-develop.tgz not reachable/ OFFLINE?

Hello there,

the Rocketchat Download-link for the Pi seems to be offline/not reachable.
https://cdn-download.rocket.chat/build/rocket.chat-pi-develop.tgz

Anyone else having this probleme?

Fresh install via snap but version 1.3.2

I've just installed rocket chat on a Pi 3 model B via snap.
But the admin backend says i am running versiob 1.3.2
This is a very old version an i am not able to connect to the server with a desktop client.
How can i upgrade the server?

Rocket.chat throws exception after updating to 0.62.1

I have written about this over at open.rocket.chat and forums.rocket.chat but might as well post it here since I saw one other having the same problem, and there has been zero communication from rocket.chat devs.

I have a rpi3 running ubuntu core and rocket.chat installed as a snap. Regular standard install, nothing custom, just have caddy enabled.
About three weeks ago, it updated automatically to version 0.62.1, but since then I have been unable to access the site. It just says “502 bad gateway”. After digging around this is the error that I found after using this command “sudo journalctl -u snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-server”:

About a week after noticing this issue I got some clarification over on open.rocket.chat from “sing.li” regarding the exception. According to him it seems that the module “sharp” is trying to load a non ARM binary, resulting in the error.
I have also tried to just uninstall and reinstall rocket.chat, just starting over and still the same error, and I tried to roll back before that, still same error. I don't understand why a breaking bug like this is allowed to persist for so long.

Raspberry pi zero intructions

The raspberry pi zero instructions are incorrect the link are dead and if can find the correct version it breaks and it never installs

Error: No replica set primary available for query with ReadPreference PRIMARY

When installing rocketchat on my Raspberry Pi 2B i get this error

Error: No replica set primary available for query with ReadPreference PRIMARY at Object.Future.wait (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/node_modules/fibers/future.js:395:16) at [object Object].MongoConnection._ensureIndex (packages/mongo/mongo_driver.js:790:1) at [object Object].Mongo.Collection._ensureIndex (packages/mongo/collection.js:635:1) at setupUsersCollection (accounts_server.js:1413:9) at new AccountsServer (accounts_server.js:49:5) at Package (globals_server.js:5:12) at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/packages/accounts-base.js:1762:4 at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/packages/accounts-base.js:1773:3 at /home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/boot.js:242:10 at Array.forEach (native) - - - - - at [object Object].ReplSet.checkoutReader (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/con nection/repl_set/repl_set.js:619:14) at Cursor.nextObject (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/cursor.js:748:48) at Cursor.toArray (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/cursor.js:169:10) at Db.indexInformation (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/db.js:1631:39) at Db.ensureIndex (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/db.js:1498:8) at Collection.ensureIndex (/home/pi/rocketchat/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-mongo/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/collection/index.js :68:11) at [object Object].MongoConnection._ensureIndex (packages/mongo/mongo_driver.js:789:1) at [object Object].Mongo.Collection._ensureIndex (packages/mongo/collection.js:635:1) at setupUsersCollection (accounts_server.js:1413:9) at new AccountsServer (accounts_server.js:49:5)

My statement line is the following (changed user data)

PORT=3000 ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000 MONGO_URL=mongodb://aSampleUser:[email protected].
com:33607/rocketdb /home/pi/meteor/dev_bundle/bin/node main.js

Used Mongodb version

mongod version: 3.2.10 (MMAPv1)

Used Raspbian Jessie

Linux pi21 4.4.26+ #915 Thu Oct 20 17:02:14 BST 2016 armv6l GNU/Linux

I couldn´t find a solution to this problem online. What should i do to get rocketchat running?

ROOT_URL env variable does not change site URL

Hello,

I have installed Rocket.Chat on my Raspberry Pi 3 (running up-to-date Raspbian Jessie) through the DPlatform installer. When I have installed it, the Raspberry Pi had a different IP address (192.168.178.49) than it has now (192.168.2.2).

The URL of Rocket.Chat is supposed to be defined at startup by the environment variable ROOT_URL. However, the systemd logs show that Rocket.Chat actually starts with the Site URL 192.168.178.49. On my laptop with the web interface or the Windows Rocket.Chat client, it is not an issue, but it is an issue for the Android and iOS clients: if the IP of the Raspberry Pi does not match the rocket.chat site URL, these clients do not want to connect.

In the systemd service file, this variable is correct:

root@raspberrypi:/home/rocketchat# cat /etc/systemd/system/rocket.chat.service
[Unit]
Description=Rocket.Chat Server
Wants=mongod.service
After=network.target mongod.service
[Service]
Type=simple
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=RocketChat
WorkingDirectory=/home/rocketchat/Rocket.Chat
ExecStart=/usr/share/meteor/dev_bundle/bin/node main.js
Environment=ROOT_URL=http://192.168.2.2:3004/ PORT=3004
Environment=MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/rocketchat
User=rocketchat
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

However, the systemd logs show that the site URL is not the correct one:

root@raspberrypi:/home/rocketchat# systemctl status -l -n 30 rocket.chat
● rocket.chat.service - Rocket.Chat Server
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/rocket.chat.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2016-07-18 10:57:59 CEST; 1min 55s ago
 Main PID: 1651 (node)
   CGroup: /system.slice/rocket.chat.service
           └─1651 /usr/share/meteor/dev_bundle/bin/node main.js

Jul 18 10:57:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Rocket.Chat Server.
Jul 18 10:58:34 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: Updating process.env.MAIL_URL
Jul 18 10:58:42 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ufs: store created at
Jul 18 10:59:00 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ufs: store created at
Jul 18 10:59:25 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: {"line":"114","file":"migrations.js","message":"Migrations: Not migrating, already at version 54","time":{"$date":1468832365627},"level":"info"}
Jul 18 10:59:36 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: Updating process.env.MAIL_URL
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: Using GridFS for Avatar storage
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ➔ System ➔ startup
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ➔ +---------------------------------------------+
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ➔ |                SERVER RUNNING               |
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ➔ +---------------------------------------------+
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ➔ |                                             |
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ➔ |       Version: 0.34.0                       |
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ➔ |  Process Port: 3004                         |
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ➔ |      Site URL: http://192.168.178.49:3004/  |
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ➔ |                                             |
Jul 18 10:59:46 raspberrypi RocketChat[1651]: ➔ +---------------------------------------------+

Is there a config file defining the site URL? I could not find it.

any docker image for the raspberry pi?

Caddy Error When Enabling HTTPS

To whom it may concern:

I followed the installation instructions listed for the Raspberry Pi version of Rocket Chat. The software installs properly. However, I am having an issue enabling HTTPS using caddy. The instructions state that I have to run the following commands:

1. sudo snap set rocketchat-server caddy-url=https://<your-domain-name>
2. sudo snap set rocketchat-server caddy=enable
3. sudo snap set rocketchat-server https=enable
4. sudo rocketchat-server.initcaddy

When running the third command, I get this error:
error: cannot perform the following tasks:
- Run configure hook of "rocketchat-server" snap (run hook "configure":
-----
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem-${PLATFORM}.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem-${PLATFORM}.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem-${PLATFORM}.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem-${PLATFORM}.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
dig: error while loading shared libraries: libdns.so.162: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem-${PLATFORM}.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
Error: Can't resolve DNS query for <your-domain-name>, check your DNS configuration, disabling https . . .
-----)

Note:

• Wherever the code says "your-domain-name" I did actually put my real domain name in.
• I am using a Raspberry Pi Model 4, 4GB with a fresh installation of the September 26th version of Raspbian Buster Lite.
• I am using GoDaddy with an A record to link my domain name to my router's public IP.
• Port 80 and Port 443 are open on my router. I have enabled port forwarding.
• If I open port 3000 on my router, I am able to access Rocket from :3000. However, this does not enable https, which is what I would like.
• My pi does have a static IP set up for it

Any help would be much appreciated!

MongoDB version?

README says the current MongoDB version available for Rpi is too old for Rocket.Chat. What version of MongoDB is needed?

Would this build be useful? http://andyfelong.com/2016/01/mongodb-3-0-9-binaries-for-raspberry-pi-2-jessie/

Change the port

Sorry, I don't really understand snap, can you tell me how to change the web server port?