How to Install NetXMS on Arch Linux

NetXMS is an open source network and infrastructure monitoring and management system. It features a modular architecture, high performance design, and multiple alerting options. This tutorial will guide you on how to install NetXMS on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

A running instance of Arch Linux
A user account with sudo privileges
Basic knowledge of Linux commands

Step 1: Update system packages

It is always good to have the latest packages installed to ensure security and bug fixes. To update the system packages, run the following commands:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install required packages

NetXMS requires some packages to be installed before it can be installed. Install the required packages by running the following command:

sudo pacman -S cmake make gcc gcc-c++ openssl postgresql-libs libxml2 libsnmp

Step 3: Download NetXMS

Download the NetXMS package by running the following command:

wget https://netxms.org/download/releases/latest/netxms-3.8.166.tar.gz

Step 4: Extract the package

Extract the NetXMS package by running the following command:

tar -zxvf netxms-3.8.166.tar.gz

Step 5: Configure and Compile

Navigate to the extracted files' directory and run the following commands:

cd netxms-3.8.166
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local .
make
sudo make install

Step 6: Configure NetXMS

Before starting to use NetXMS, you need to set up the database, import the schema, and configure the NetXMS server.

Set up PostgreSQL database

sudo su postgres
initdb --locale en_US.UTF-8 -D '/var/lib/postgres/data'
pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgres/data start
createuser --interactive --pwprompt
createdb netxms
exit

Import database schema

cd /usr/local/share/netxms/db
psql -f NetXMS-DB-postgres.sql netxms

Configure NetXMS Server

cd /usr/local/etc/netxmsd
cp netxmsd.conf.example netxmsd.conf
vim netxmsd.conf
Update the following parameters to match your configuration:
    - ConfigurationRepository setting to /usr/local/etc/netxmsd
    - DBConnection setting to pgsql://user:pass@localhost:5432/netxms
    - LogLevel setting to 1
    - RootObjectGroup setting to /System
    - NodeTimeout setting to 60sec

Step 7: Start NetXMS Server

sudo netxmsd start

Step 8: Access NetXMS

NetXMS should now be accessible on http://localhost:8080

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we installed NetXMS on Arch Linux, configured the server, and started it. You can now try it out for network and infrastructure monitoring and management.

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