theia Installation Guide Installation Guide

theia is a free and open-source cloud IDE. Theia provides extensible cloud IDE framework

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 10GB for workspace

Network: HTTP/HTTPS

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 3000 (default theia port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install theia
sudo dnf install -y theia

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now theia

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
theia --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install theia
sudo apt install -y theia

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now theia

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 3000

# Verify installation
theia --version

bash

# Install theia
sudo pacman -S theia

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now theia

# Verify installation
theia --version

bash

# Install theia
apk add --no-cache theia

# Enable and start service
rc-update add theia default
rc-service theia start

# Verify installation
theia --version

bash

# Install theia
sudo zypper install -y theia

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now theia

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
theia --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install theia

# Start service
brew services start theia

# Verify installation
theia --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install theia

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'theia_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service theia start

# Verify installation
theia --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install theia

# Or using Scoop
scoop install theia

# Verify installation
theia --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/theia

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
theia --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable theia

# Start service
sudo systemctl start theia

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop theia

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart theia

# Check status
sudo systemctl status theia

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u theia -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add theia default

# Start service
rc-service theia start

# Stop service
rc-service theia stop

# Restart service
rc-service theia restart

# Check status
rc-service theia status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'theia_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service theia start

# Stop service
service theia stop

# Restart service
service theia restart

# Check status
service theia status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start theia
brew services stop theia
brew services restart theia

# Check status
brew services list | grep theia

powershell

# Start service
net start theia

# Stop service
net stop theia

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service theia
Stop-Service theia
Restart-Service theia

# Check status
Get-Service theia

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream theia_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:3000;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name theia.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name theia.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/theia.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/theia.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://theia_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName theia.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://theia.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName theia.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/theia.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/theia.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:3000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3000/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend theia_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/theia.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend theia_backend

backend theia_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server theia1 127.0.0.1:3000 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R theia:theia /etc/theia
sudo chmod 750 /etc/theia

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status theia

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u theia -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep theia)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/theia"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/theia-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/theia /var/lib/theia

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/theia-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop theia

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/theia/theia-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start theia

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u theia -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/theia/theia.log

# Check configuration
theia --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/theia

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 3000

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 3000

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep theia)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep theia)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 3000

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  theia:
    image: theia:latest
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/theia
      - ./data:/var/lib/theia
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update theia

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade theia

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu theia

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade theia

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update theia

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade theia

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/theia-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/theia

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart theia

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/theia

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/theia -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/theia

Official Documentation: https://docs.theia.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/theia/theia

Community Forum: https://forum.theia.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.theia.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

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Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

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