Chatwoot installation on Mac OS

Mac OS installation guide

Open terminal app and run the following commands

Installing the standalone Command Line Tools

Open terminal app and write the code below

xcode-select --install

Install Homebrew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install Git

brew update
brew install git

Install RVM

You need software-properties-common installed in order to add PPA repositories.

\curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm

Install Ruby

Chatwoot APIs are built on Ruby on Rails, you need install ruby 2.6.5

rvm install ruby-2.6.5

Use ruby 2.6.5 as default

rvm use 2.6.5 --default

Install Node.js

Install Node.js from NodeSoure using the following commands

brew install node

Install yarn

We use yarn as package manager

brew install yarn

Install postgres

The database used in Chatwoot is PostgreSQL. Use the following commands to install postgres.

brew install postgresql

initdb /usr/local/var/postgres
/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/<version>/bin/createuser -s postgres or /usr/local/opt/postgres/bin/createuser -s postgres which will just use the latest version.

either psql or postgres 

Start manually:

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres start

Stop manually:

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop

Start automatically:

"To have launchd start postgresql now and restart at login:"

brew services start postgresql

The installation procedure created a user account called postgres that is associated with the default Postgres role. In order to use Postgres, you can log into that account.

sudo -u postgres psql

Install redis-server

Chatwoot uses Redis server in agent assignments and reporting. To install redis-server

brew install redis

Enable Redis to start on system boot.

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.redis.plist

Download chatwoot from git hub

https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot

Install imagemagick

brew install imagemagick

bundle

Navigate to chatwoot-directory Copy configurations
./configure

# run db migrations
bundle exec rake db:create
bundle exec rake db:reset

# fireup the server
foreman start -f Procfile.dev


Login with credentials

http://localhost:3000
user name: john@acme.inc
password: 123456

for port forwarding 

echo "rdr pass inet proto tcp from any to any port 80 -> 127.0.0.1 port 8080" | sudo pfctl -ef -