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Thanks for installing Rocket.Chat!

You'll likely want a registered domain name to access Rocket.Chat.

We recommend setting up an A record from your domain to your servers IP address. Ex: chat.mycompany.com

After the Rocket.Chat One-Click is finished and your domain is setup. You will need to login to your droplet to finish setup.

ssh root@your_droplet_ip

Once you are connected you should see something like:

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 To configure your Rocket.Chat service:

 1. Open the Rocket.Chat service file /lib/systemd/system/rocketchat.service using sudo and your favourite text editor
 2. Change the ROOT_URL environmental variable to reflect the URL you want to use for accessing the server from the Internet (optionally change MONGO_URL and PORT)

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After changing your service file remember to run:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart rocketchat

You can then access at: http://chat.yourcompany.com:3000 replacing chat.yourcompany.com with the address you set in your DNS.

Setting up HTTPS

We would recommend adding a loadbalancer in to handle HTTPS.

A few options to do this:

1. Use DigitalOcean Load Balancer
2. Install your own - see here for more info

If you want to use DigitalOcean Load Balancer goto: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/networking/load-balancers/quickstart/

Our recommended settings are:

Forwarding Rules:

Under Advanced settings:

Health checks:

Check Redirect HTTP to HTTPS