The IM app requires NodeJS and Redis. In this article we will go over how to setup NodeJS and Redis on the Linux Flavor, Ubuntu. We recommend that you separate your NodeJS, Redis and HTTP server from each other. Your HTTP server is the main web server that has your phpFox source code.
Hosting Services
There are cloud based services where you can host your NodeJS code and Redis database without having to setup anything on a server.
Setup on Your Own Servers
If you decide to setup NodeJS and Redis on your own web environments first connect to your NodeJS server and run the command