Zulip

Zulip is an open-source team chat application designed for seamless remote and hybrid work. With conversations organized by topic, Zulip is ideal for both live and asynchronous communication.

Software Included

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.

Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Zulip 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API. As an example, to create a 4GB Zulip Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You need to either save your API access token) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image": "kandralabs-zulip-18-04"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"

Getting Started After Deploying Zulip

Choose a Digital Ocean plan with at least 2GB of RAM when creating your Droplet. After creating your Droplet:

1. Create a DNS record for a hostname pointing to your new Droplet_IP.
2. Log in to your new Droplet via SSH, and follow the short configuration script.

That’s it! Once installation is complete, you can configure Zulip to suit your needs. For step-by-step guidance on how to transition your organization to Zulip, check out our moving to Zulip guide.