Virola self-hosted server installation on Debian and Ubuntu

  1. Download the Virola Server installation package 
    wget https://virola.io/downloads/2.2.8.24091517/virola-server-debian-2.2.8.24091517_amd64.deb
  2. Install Virola Server 
    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt --yes --fix-broken install ./virola-server-debian-2.2.8.24091517_amd64.deb
  3. Choose host and port your server will be running on.
    You may want your Virola Server to be available only from your current Linux machine, from your local network, or from the whole world. Depending on your needs, you may need to adjust your network configuration and choose a specific IP address as the server host. Learn more about this from our articles
  4. Run Virola server 
    virola-server --listen HOST:PORT
    where
    • HOST - host you've chosen for your Virola Server
    • PORT - port you've chosen for the your Virola Server
    Example:
    virola-server --listen 127.0.0.1:7777

Next steps

To communicate via the installed Virola Server, you will need to install Virola Client:

  1. Go to Virola Client downloads
  2. Download Virola Client installer for Debian / Ubuntu
  3. Proceed with the standard installation

Logging into Virola Client

Upon launching the Virola Client, you will need to enter the following details on the login screen:

  • Server Host - host you've specified when running Virola Server (127.0.0.1 in the example above)
  • Server Port - the port you specified when running Virola server (7777 in the example above)
  • Username: admin
  • Password: admin

After entering these details, click on "Login" button.

Now you can use Virola Client for both communication, and your team and server management. Use our video tutorials to learn how to add users, create chat rooms, etc.

Video tutorial

Detailed video tutorial about setting up and running Virola server on Debian Linux:

Important Notes

Make sure to change your default admin password to a more secure one as soon as possible. You can do this either from the Virola Client (Hamburger menu / My User Profile / User Account Settings / Change My User Password) or using the --change-password command line argument of the Virola server.

We strongly recommend to encrypt Linux machine on which Virola server is running. The best way is to encrypt it during Linux installation but it is also possible to encrypt the existing Linux instance. We've prepared a detailed instruction about disc encryption in Linux environment for you.

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