ONLYOFFICE Document Server comprises web-based viewers and collaborative editors for text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations providing high compatibility with OOXML formats (docx, xlsx, pptx). The suite is distributed under GNU AGPL v3.0.

ONLYOFFICE Document Server can be integrated with various cloud storage platforms like Nextcloud, ownCloud, Seafile, HumHub, Plone, etc., as well as it can be integrated into the solution you’re building yourself. Document Server can be used as a part of ONLYOFFICE Community Edition, a free open-source solution with online editors and collaboration platform.

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The build_tools allow users to automatically install all necessary components and compile the latest version of the online editors from the source code.

In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to compile ONLYOFFICE Document Server for your Ubuntu installation (64-bit Ubuntu).

System requirements

  • CPU: Dual core 2 GHz or better
  • RAM: 2 GB or more
  • HDD: at least 40 GB of free space
  • At least 4 GB of swap

Step 1: Install the dependencies

In case Python and Git are not installed on your computer, install them with the following command:

sudo apt-get install -y python git

Step 2: Build the Document Server source code

Clone the build_tools repository:

git clone https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/build_tools.git

Go to the appropriate directory:

cd build_tools/tools/linux

Run the script:

./automate.py server

Once done, the Document Server built is available in the ../../out/linux_64/onlyoffice/documentserver/ directory.

Step 3: Install and configure NGINX, PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ

Document Server uses NGINX as a web server and PostgreSQL as a database. RabbitMQ is also required for the correct work.

1. Install and configure NGINX

Install NGINX with this command:

sudo apt-get install nginx

Disable the default website:

sudo rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

Set up the new website. Create the /etc/nginx/sites-available/onlyoffice-documentserver file that contains the following data:

map $http_host $this_host {

  "" $host;

  default $http_host;

}

map $http_x_forwarded_proto $the_scheme {

  default $http_x_forwarded_proto;

  "" $scheme;

}

map $http_x_forwarded_host $the_host {

  default $http_x_forwarded_host;

  "" $this_host;

}

map $http_upgrade $proxy_connection {

  default upgrade;

  "" close;

}

proxy_set_header Host $http_host;

proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;

proxy_set_header Connection $proxy_connection;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $the_host;

proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $the_scheme;

server {

  listen 0.0.0.0:80;

  listen [::]:80 default_server;

  server_tokens off;

  rewrite ^/OfficeWeb(/apps/.*)$ /web-apps$1 redirect;

  location / {

    proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;

    proxy_http_version 1.1;

  }

  location /spellchecker/ {

    proxy_pass http://localhost:8080/;

    proxy_http_version 1.1;

  }

}

Add the symlink to the newly created website to the /etc/nginx/sites-available directory:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/onlyoffice-documentserver /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/onlyoffice-documentserver

Restart NGINX:

sudo nginx -s reload

2. Install and configure PostgreSQL

Install PostgreSQL:

sudo apt-get install postgresql

Create the PostgreSQL database and user (enter ‘onlyoffice’ both for user and password):

sudo -i -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE onlyoffice;"

sudo -i -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER onlyoffice WITH password 'onlyoffice';"

sudo -i -u postgres psql -c "GRANT ALL privileges ON DATABASE onlyoffice TO onlyoffice;"

Configure the database:

psql -hlocalhost -Uonlyoffice -d onlyoffice -f ../../out/linux_64/onlyoffice/documentserver/server/schema/postgresql/createdb.sql

The above command is one line! Enter the ‘onlyoffice’ password when you are asked to provide a password for the onlyoffice PostgreSQL user.

3. Install RabbitMQ

Install RabbitMQ with the following command:

sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server

Step 4: Generate fonts data

Execute the commands:

cd out/linux_64/onlyoffice/documentserver/

mkdir fonts

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PWD}/server/FileConverter/bin server/tools/allfontsgen 

  --input="${PWD}/core-fonts" 

  --allfonts-web="${PWD}/sdkjs/common/AllFonts.js" 

  --allfonts="${PWD}/server/FileConverter/bin/AllFonts.js" 

  --images="${PWD}/sdkjs/common/Images" 

  --selection="${PWD}/server/FileConverter/bin/font_selection.bin" 

  --output-web='fonts' 

  --use-system="true"

Step 5: Generate presentation themes

Run the following commands:

cd out/linux_64/onlyoffice/documentserver/
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PWD}/server/FileConverter/bin server/tools/allthemesgen 

  --converter-dir="${PWD}/server/FileConverter/bin"

  --src="http://www.howtoforge.com/${PWD}/sdkjs/slide/themes"

  --output="${PWD}/sdkjs/common/Images"

Step 6: Run Document Server

All the components of ONLYOFFICE Document Server run as foreground processes. You need to separate terminal consoles to run them or launch specific tools which allow to run foreground processes in the background mode.

Start the FileConverter service:

cd out/linux_64/onlyoffice/documentserver/server/FileConverter

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/bin NODE_ENV=development-linux NODE_CONFIG_DIR=$PWD/../Common/config ./converter

Start the SpellChecker service:

cd out/linux_64/onlyoffice/documentserver/server/SpellChecker

NODE_ENV=development-linux NODE_CONFIG_DIR=$PWD/../Common/config ./spellchecker

Start the DocService service:

cd out/linux_64/onlyoffice/documentserver/server/DocService

NODE_ENV=development-linux NODE_CONFIG_DIR=$PWD/../Common/config ./docservice

That’s all! Now you can choose one of the options how to use ONLYOFFICE Document Server (online editors) described in the introduction: integrated with any cloud storage service, or integrated into your own solution, or together with ONLYOFFICE Community Server. 

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