Linux Dash is a web-based dashboard that provides real-time monitoring of your Linux server. Alpine Linux is a security-oriented operating system that is lightweight and easy to use. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Linux Dash on Alpine Linux latest.
Before we can install Linux Dash, we need to install some required packages. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apk add nodejs npm git
This command will install Node.js, NPM, and Git on your Alpine Linux system.
Now we need to clone the Linux Dash repository from GitHub. Run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/afaqurk/linux-dash.git
After the download completes, you will have a new folder called "linux-dash" in your working directory.
Change to the linux-dash directory using the following command:
cd linux-dash
Then, run the following command to install the Linux Dash dependencies:
sudo npm install
This command will download and install all required dependencies for Linux Dash.
Now that we have installed all the dependencies, we can start Linux Dash. Run the following command:
sudo npm start
This command will start a local server on your machine, and you can access Linux Dash by going to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.
If you want to access Linux Dash remotely, you need to bind the local server to the public IP address of your server. Run the following command to start the server on the public IP:
sudo npm start --production
This command will start the server on port 80, so you can access Linux Dash by going to http://
Linux Dash is an excellent tool for monitoring your Linux server, and it's effortless to install on Alpine Linux. By following the steps in this tutorial, you should now have a working instance of Linux Dash on your server.
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