readme.md

Setting up etherpad-lite

Clone the repo then run the following commands

sudo npm install -g pnpm

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

cd etherpad-lite

pnpm i

pnpm run build:etherpad

pnpm run prod

The application runs on port 9001.

Exit the process with ctrl + c then run the following command to start the service

Install abiword with the following commands

Abiword give ether pad the ability to export and import documents as MS Word and PDF's

Also make sure the settings.json is in the project root

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install abiword

Setup sqlite database

run the following commands in the root of the project to make the application use sqlite as the database

pnpm add sqlite3 -w

Setup to get service running

Run the following commands

sudo mkdir /var/etherpad/

sudo touch /var/etherpad/etherpad.log

sudo touch /var/etherpad/etherpad-error.log

Copy the service file to /etc/systemd/system/ then run the following commands

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable etherpad.service

sudo systemctl start etherpad.service

Run the following commands to install the plugins, or use the admin panel to install them

These plugins are what makes it good for CDN use

cd etherpad-lite

pnpm run install-plugins ep_aa_file_menu_toolbar

pnpm run install-plugins ep_align

pnpm run install-plugins ep_embedded_hyperlinks2

pnpm run install-plugins ep_font_family

pnpm run install-plugins ep_font_color

pnpm run install-plugins ep_font_size

pnpm run install-plugins ep_headings2

pnpm run install-plugins ep_image_upload

pnpm run install-plugins ep_set_title_on_pad

pnpm run install-plugins ep_spellcheck