Uptime Kuma is a modern dashboard that helps you monitor your website or server uptime. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Uptime Kuma on Arch Linux.
Before you begin, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
First, let's install the dependencies required by Uptime Kuma. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S npm git
This command will install npm and git on your system.
Next, we need to clone the Uptime Kuma repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma.git
This command will clone the repository to your current directory.
Now, change to the uptime-kuma directory and install the Node.js modules required by Uptime Kuma. To do this, run the following command:
cd uptime-kuma
npm install
This command will install all the Node.js modules required by Uptime Kuma.
Before running Uptime Kuma, we need to configure it. To do this, copy the config.sample.json file to config.json, and modify it as required. For example:
cp config.sample.json config.json
nano config.json
In this file, you can define your database settings, email settings, and so on.
Finally, let's run Uptime Kuma. To do this, run the following command:
npm start
This command will start the Uptime Kuma server. You can access it by going to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Uptime Kuma on Arch Linux. Now, you can use it to monitor your website or server uptime.
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