QSOChat

A new chat server for coordinating Amateur Radio contacts

Under Development -- No warranty, no support, use at your own risk. Security is your responsibility. If you want to run a https version, see Node Express and get free certificates from LetEncrypt.org

See: https://itnext.io/node-express-letsencrypt-generate-a-free-ssl-certificate-and-run-an-https-server-in-5-minutes-a730fbe528ca

Prerequisites:

couchdb (Apache) -- more info: http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/install/unix.html#installation-using-the-apache-couchdb-convenience-binary-packages

node.js

npm

Once you have couchdb installed and running, create a database called 'dash'. This is accomplished with the following command line call *Unix or Linux).

curl -X PUT http://127.0.0.1:5984/dash

Clone the software:

I usually do this in /usr/src, but it is independent.

git clone https://github.com/johnhays/QSOChat.git

cd QSOChat/ChatServer npm install edit routes/index.js with your HamQTH credentials -- https://www.hamqth.com/developers.php and various titles, logo, etc.

copy customvars.js.example to customvars.js and edit customvars.js to change port or IP address, and customize with your login credentials . By default it listens on all interfaces.

Run with sudo ./bin/www or sudo npm start

Create a script to run it as a daemon/service on startup and to restart on failure -- this is OS specific.