Install Etherpad-lite - Revision history

Manetta: /* install etherpad */

2026-01-23T10:34:22Z

install etherpad

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	git clone -b master https://github.com/ether/etherpad.git		git clone -b master https://github.com/ether/etherpad.git

	~~mv etherpad etherpad~~

	chown -R etherpad:etherpad etherpad/		chown -R etherpad:etherpad etherpad/

2026-01-23T10:33:49Z

install etherpad-lite

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	nodejs in apt trixie: <code>nodejs/stable 20.19.2+dfsg-1 amd64</code>		nodejs in apt trixie: <code>nodejs/stable 20.19.2+dfsg-1 amd64</code>

	==install etherpad~~-lite~~==		==install etherpad==

	apt install nodejs npm		apt install nodejs npm
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	"pnpm is up to 2x faster than npm" (hmm, oke)		"pnpm is up to 2x faster than npm" (hmm, oke)

	adduser --system --no-create-home etherpad~~-lite~~		adduser --system --no-create-home etherpad

	addgroup etherpad~~-lite~~		addgroup etherpad

	adduser etherpad~~-lite~~ etherpad~~-lite~~		adduser etherpad etherpad

	cd /opt/		cd /opt/

	git clone -b master https://github.com/ether/etherpad~~-lite~~.git		git clone -b master https://github.com/ether/etherpad.git

	mv etherpad~~-lite~~ etherpad		mv etherpad etherpad

	chown -R etherpad~~-lite~~:etherpad~~-lite~~ etherpad/		chown -R etherpad:etherpad etherpad/

	su -s /bin/bash etherpad~~-lite~~		su -s /bin/bash etherpad

	cd etherpad/		cd etherpad/

2025-12-11T19:54:55Z

install etherpad-lite

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	git clone -b master https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git		git clone -b master https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git

	chown -R etherpad-lite:etherpad-lite etherpad~~-lite~~/		mv etherpad-lite etherpad

			chown -R etherpad-lite:etherpad-lite etherpad/

	su -s /bin/bash etherpad-lite		su -s /bin/bash etherpad-lite

	cd etherpad~~-lite~~/		cd etherpad/

	pnpm i		pnpm i

2025-12-11T19:51:29Z

systemd file

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	<pre>		<pre>
	[Unit]		[Unit]
	Description=etherpad-lite (real-time collaborative document ~~editing~~)		Description=etherpad-lite (real-time collaborative document editor)
	After=syslog.target network.target		After=syslog.target network.target

	[Service]		[Service]
	Type=~~simpleUser=etherpad-lite~~		Type=simple
	User=etherpad-lite		User=etherpad-lite
	Group=etherpad-lite		Group=etherpad-lite
			WorkingDirectory=/opt/etherpad-lite
	Environment=NODE_ENV=production		Environment=NODE_ENV=production
	ExecStart=/~~bin~~/sh /~~opt~~/etherpad~~-lite~~/~~src~~/~~bin~~/~~run~~.sh		ExecStart=pnpm run prod
			Restart=always

			StandardOutput=append:/var/log/etherpad/etherpad.log
			StandardError=append:/var/log/etherpad/etherpad-error.log

	[Install]		[Install]
	WantedBy=multi-user.target		WantedBy=multi-user.target
	</pre>		</pre>

			systemctl daemon-reload

	systemctl enable <service file name without .service extension>		systemctl enable <service file name without .service extension>

	~~systemctl daemon~~-~~reload~~		/opt/etherpad-lite/bin/installDeps.sh

	systemctl start <service file name without .service extension>		systemctl start <service file name without .service extension>

2025-12-11T19:23:49Z

migrate database

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	and then migrate the database from the OVH server here.. (hmm, would the database of the etherpad version there be compatible the with this etherpad version 2.5.3?.... something to check....)		and then migrate the database from the OVH server here.. (hmm, would the database of the etherpad version there be compatible the with this etherpad version 2.5.3?.... something to check....)

			let's follow this: https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/How-to-migrate-the-database-from-Etherpad-to-Etherpad-Lite

	[[Category:Sysadmin]]		[[Category:Sysadmin]]

2025-12-11T19:13:11Z

nginx

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 ==nginx==
-and changes in the nginx config to make it run at https://cc.practices.tools/pad/
+change the nginx config to make etherpad run at https://cc.practices.tools/pad/
 ==admin access==

2025-12-11T19:11:40Z

install etherpad-lite

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	adduser --system --no-create-home etherpad-lite		adduser --system --no-create-home etherpad-lite

			addgroup etherpad-lite

			adduser etherpad-lite etherpad-lite

	cd /opt/		cd /opt/
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	git clone -b master https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git		git clone -b master https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git

	chown -R etherpad-lite:~~root~~ etherpad-lite/		chown -R etherpad-lite:etherpad-lite etherpad-lite/

	su -s /bin/bash etherpad-lite		su -s /bin/bash etherpad-lite

2025-12-11T19:05:56Z

systemd file

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	now, a systemd file to make it run in the background as a service?		now, a systemd file to make it run in the background as a service?

			cd /etc/systemd/system/

			nano etherpad-lite.service

			paste the following:

			<pre>
			[Unit]
			Description=etherpad-lite (real-time collaborative document editing)
			After=syslog.target network.target

			[Service]
			Type=simpleUser=etherpad-lite
			User=etherpad-lite
			Group=etherpad-lite
			Environment=NODE_ENV=production
			ExecStart=/bin/sh /opt/etherpad-lite/src/bin/run.sh

			[Install]
			WantedBy=multi-user.target
			</pre>

			systemctl enable <service file name without .service extension>

			systemctl daemon-reload

			systemctl start <service file name without .service extension>

			To see if it worked:

			systemctl status etherpad-lite

	==nginx==		==nginx==

2025-11-07T11:07:20Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:07, 7 November 2025
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	and then migrate the database from the OVH server here.. (hmm, would the database of the etherpad version there be compatible the with this etherpad version 2.5.3?.... something to check....)		and then migrate the database from the OVH server here.. (hmm, would the database of the etherpad version there be compatible the with this etherpad version 2.5.3?.... something to check....)

			[[Category:Sysadmin]]

2025-11-07T11:05:59Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:05, 7 November 2025
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			''7 Nov 2025''

			These are the steps followed to install Etherpad-lite 2.5.3 on CC:

			https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite?tab=readme-ov-file#installation

			required: Node.js >= 18.18.2.

			nodejs in apt trixie: <code>nodejs/stable 20.19.2+dfsg-1 amd64</code>

	==install etherpad-lite==		==install etherpad-lite==