In this Howto I will show you how to deploy Rocket.Chat within plesk with docker

If you want to know more about Rocket.Chat, follow this link.

Prepare vHost:

First of all, we have to create a vHost in plesk, I will use chat.mastodontech.de in this example, you have to use your own domain or subdomain.

 

 

and secure it with LetsEncrypt:

 

 

Within the subdomain we use the file manager:

 

 

and remove all files and directories:

 

 

Now we config the Apache & nginx Settings for the domain.

Disable the Proxy Mode and Apply the settings.

After you applied the settings add the following block in Additional nginx directives (adjust your domain):

ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA';
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_session_timeout 180m;

location / {
	proxy_pass http://chat.mastodontech.de:3000/;
	proxy_http_version 1.1;
	proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
	proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
	proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
	proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
	proxy_set_header X-Forward-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
	proxy_set_header X-Forward-Proto http;
	proxy_set_header X-Nginx-Proxy true;
	proxy_redirect off;
}

And save with OK

Prepare Rocket.Chat:

For this step, we have to connect to our server with ssh.

If you do not have installed docker-compose yet, install it now:

curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.24.0/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

and make it executable:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Next you have to edit your hosts-file:

nano /etc/hosts

and add your domain below the line with localhost:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.1 chat.mastodontech.de chat

and save.

Then change the directory to your vHost (adjust your domain/subdomain):

cd /var/www/vhosts/mastodontech.de/chat.mastodontech.de

and create the following directories:

mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/mastodontech.de/chat.mastodontech.de/data/runtime/db
mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/mastodontech.de/chat.mastodontech.de/data/dump

now create a docker-compose.yml file:

nano docker-compose.yml

and add the following content:

version: '2'

services:
  rocketchat:
    image: rocket.chat:latest
    command: bash -c 'for i in `seq 1 30`; do node main.js && s=$$? && break || s=$$?; echo "Tried $$i times. Waiting 5 secs..."; sleep 5; done; (exit $$s)'
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - ./uploads:/app/uploads
    environment:
      - PORT=3000
      - ROOT_URL=http://chat.mastodontech.de  # adjust your domain here
      - MONGO_URL=mongodb://mongo:27017/rocketchat
      - MONGO_OPLOG_URL=mongodb://mongo:27017/local
      - Accounts_UseDNSDomainCheck=false
    depends_on:
      - mongo
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:3000:3000"

  mongo:
    image: mongo
    restart: always
    volumes:
     - ./data/db:/data/db
     - ./data/dump:/dump
    command: mongod --smallfiles --oplogSize 128 --replSet rs0 --storageEngine=mmapv1

  # this container's job is just run the command to initialize the replica set.
  # it will run the command and remove himself (it will not stay running)
  mongo-init-replica:
    image: mongo
    command: 'bash -c "for i in `seq 1 30`; do mongo mongo/rocketchat --eval \"rs.initiate({ _id: ''rs0'', members: [ { _id: 0, host: ''localhost:27017'' } ]})\" && s=$$? && break || s=$$?; echo \"Tried $$i times. Waiting 5 secs...\"; s$
    depends_on:
      - mongo

save file and use docker-compose to bring up the container.

docker-compose up -d

We should correct the permissions of files and directories, the fastest way is to use plesk repair command:

plesk repair fs -v

then check if containers are running with:

docker ps

Round about a minute your containers up and running and the Setup-Wizard should appear in your webbrowser:

Add your admin-user here and finish the wizard.

The Documentation for Rocket.Chat is here.

To integrate your Nextcloud, look here

Have Fun and Happy Nextclouding with Rocket.Chat. 🙂