Install Etherpad-lite

Installation

7 Nov 2025

These are the steps followed to install Etherpad-lite 2.5.3 on CC:

required: Node.js >= 18.18.2.

nodejs in apt trixie: nodejs/stable 20.19.2+dfsg-1 amd64

apt install nodejs npm

npm install -g pnpm

"pnpm is up to 2x faster than npm" (hmm, oke)

adduser --system --no-create-home etherpad-lite

cd /opt/

git clone -b master https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git

chown -R etherpad-lite:root etherpad-lite/

su -s /bin/bash etherpad-lite

cd etherpad-lite/

pnpm i

pnpm run build:etherpad

pnpm run prod

we should now be able to open etherpad at: http://localhost:9001, but as we are not in the same local network as the CC server... we can open it at:

http://193.170.194.207:9001/

works!

now, a systemd file to make it run in the background as a service?

and changes in the nginx config to make it run at https://cc.practices.tools/pad/

cd /path/to/etherpad-lite
pnpm run plugins i ep_${plugin_name}

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