In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing the PHP Server Monitor on Arch Linux.
Before we proceed with the installation process, we need to make sure that our system meets the following prerequisites:
Before we begin with the installation process, we need to update our system to ensure we have the latest packages and software.
Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syyu
We need to install and configure an Apache web server, and PHP language to make our server monitor application available to access via the web.
Run the following command to install them:
sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache
We need a database to store our server monitor application data. We can use either MySQL or MariaDB to achieve this. Choose either one to install as shown below.
To install MySQL, enter the following command:
sudo pacman -S mysql
To install MariaDB, enter the following command:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
After the installation, run the following command to start and enable the database:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Provide a secure password when prompted, and then continue with the installation.
We can now download the PHP server Monitor from the official website. Copy the link and use wget command as demonstrated below. As of writing this tutorial, version 3.4.1 was the latest version available.
wget https://github.com/phpservermon/phpservermon/releases/download/v3.4.1/phpservermon-3.4.1.zip
After decompressing the zip file, use the following command to move the extracted files to the webroot directory:
sudo mv phpservermon /srv/http/phpservermon
Create a new database for our server monitor application. Run the following command to log in to the database.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE phpservermon;
Create a database user and grant them permissions:
CREATE USER 'psm_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'database_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpservermon.* TO 'psm_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
To adjust the configuration settings, navigate to the config/ directory, and modify the database.php and config.php files as per your requirements.
cd /srv/http/phpservermon/config
sudo nano database.php
sudo nano config.php
To check whether the server application is working correctly, navigate to the following URL on a web browser:
http://your_server_ip/phpservermon/index.php
Login using the default credentials as follows:
That’s it! We have successfully installed PHP server monitor on Arch Linux. You can now use the server monitor to keep an eye on your servers’ health and performance.
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