# Virola Messenger

Generated on 6 Mar 2026 from [the Virola Messenger catalog page](https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/virola-messenger)

[Virola Messenger](https://virola.io/) is a **self-hosted chat and collaboration system** for corporate and personal use. Its major [features](https://virola.io/features) are:

- private and group chat rooms
- voice and video meetings
- task management
- screen sharing
- remote control

**Virola Client** [apps](https://virola.io/get-virola) are available for **all major desktop and mobile operating systems**: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.

Virola is **free** for teams of **up to 10 online users**.

**No special technical knowledge is required** to configure Virola Server - it starts working right after your droplet is created.

## Software Included

*This Marketplace listing does not include a detailed software list.*

## Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the **Deploy to DigitalOcean** button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

[![Deploy to DO](https://www.deploytodo.com/do-btn-blue.svg)](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/droplets/new?image=virolateam-virolamessenger)

## Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Virola Messenger 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the [DigitalOcean API](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api). As an example, to create a 4GB Virola Messenger Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following `curl` command. You need to either save your [API access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/index.html.md) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

```shell
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image":"virolateam-virolamessenger"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"
```

## Getting Started After Deploying Virola Messenger

**Note**: Virola Server and Virola Client **do not provide web UI**.

All server configuration is done via desktop or mobile Virola Client app.

To start managing your server, team, and workflow:

1. **Install Virola Client** for your operating system from [Virola website](https://virola.io/get-virola)
2. **Login to the installed Virola Client** with the following credentials:

   - Host - **your droplet public IP address**
   - Port - **7777**
   - Username - **admin**
   - Password - **stored in your droplet /root/virola-admin-password**
3. Check our [how-to’s](https://virola.io/how-to), [video tutorials](https://virola.io/video-tutorials) and [user manual](https://virola.io/manual/index.html) to learn how to create profiles for your team members and setup your workflow in Virola Messenger