How to launch Nodejs - etherpad-lite in MegamVertice

May 11, 2016 Written by Vinothini Platform Developement Engineer

Introduction

Etherpad is a really-real time collaborative editor maintained by the Etherpad Community.Etherpad is designed to be easily embeddable and provides a HTTP API that allows your web application to manage pads, users and groups. It is recommended to use the available client implementations in order to interact with this API.

This tutorial will guide you in launching a Nodejs web application (etherpad-lite) in MegamVertice.

Prerequisites

You are running Ubuntu 14.04 or Linux workstation.
Git installed on your workstation, which you can do by following the How To Install Git with Apt.
You have an account on GitHub, which is a Git repository host.
You have to create a valid credential for accessing Megam Vertice.To know How to create an account with MegamVertice
You have to install openssh-server for ssh access in your worstation.
```
  sudo apt-get install openssh-server
```
Check SSH working properly
```
  ps aux | grep sshd
```

This initial section contains everything you need to get etherpad-lite running on your server.

Step-1 Fork etherpad-lite

Fork etherpad-lite from here
You will be see the fork option in the top right corner of the git hub page.click the fork option.
The node_etherpad is forked into your git repository

Step-2 Launch the app

Go to MegamVertice Dashboard
To know how to launch App click here

Start Script

MegamVertice will look for a file named Procfile,
ensure that your git repository have the Procfile file as follows.

web: sh bin/run.sh --root

Step-3 Access Web browser

You can access your web page by clicking the URL link in App Management Page
Now you can see the below page

Conclusion

These are the very simple steps to launch a Nodejs web app (etherpad-lite) using github repository.