This documents the process for installing Zulip in a production environment.
Note that if you just want to play around with Zulip and see what it looks like, it is easier to install it in a development environment following the instructions in README.dev, since then you don't need to worry about setting up SSL certificates and an authentication mechanism.
See Requirements and recommendations for installing Zulip in production.
See Installing Zulip in production.
See Authentication and logging into Zulip the first time.
See Checking Zulip is healthy and debugging the services it depends on.
See Making your Zulip instance awesome.
See Maintaining and upgrading Zulip in production.