How to install Rocket.Chat on a Cloud VPS

Rocket.Chat is an open-source communications platform with team chat, omnichannel support and federation, fully under your control.

Self-hosted communication keeps your team conversations on your own server, with full data control and no history limits.

One-click install on cloudlinux.ro

The fastest way: Rocket.Chat installs automatically at the first boot of a new server.

1. Create a Cloud VPS from the control panel.
2. In the configuration step, pick Rocket.Chat from the app catalog.
3. Start the server. The install runs in the background for a few minutes and its status shows on the server page.
4. Access details and generated passwords are saved on the server in /root/app-credentials.txt. The app will be available on port 3000.

Manual install on any Ubuntu server

If you prefer doing it yourself, below is the exact script our automatic install runs. Execute it as root on a fresh Ubuntu server (24.04 recommended). It stops at the first error, and when it finishes you will find the access details in /root/app-credentials.txt.

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
docker network create rc
docker volume create rc_mongo
docker run -d --name rc-mongo --restart=always --network rc \
  -e MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_MODE=primary -e MONGODB_REPLICA_SET_NAME=rs0 -e ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes \
  -v rc_mongo:/bitnami/mongodb bitnami/mongodb:6.0
sleep 20
IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
docker run -d --name rocketchat --restart=always --network rc -p 3000:3000 \
  -e MONGO_URL="mongodb://rc-mongo:27017/rocketchat?replicaSet=rs0" \
  -e MONGO_OPLOG_URL="mongodb://rc-mongo:27017/local?replicaSet=rs0" \
  -e ROOT_URL="http://${IP}:3000" \
  registry.rocket.chat/rocketchat/rocket.chat:latest
printf 'Rocket.Chat: http://%s:3000\nCreeaza contul de administrator la prima accesare (asistentul de configurare porneste automat).\n' "$IP" > /root/app-credentials.txt

You can also save this script as a recipe in your account and reuse it on any new server.