changedetection.io is a simple web page monitoring tool that can alert you when any changes occur on a website. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing and setting up changedetection.io on your Arch Linux system.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, make sure your system meets the following requirements:
The first step is to install the dependencies required for changedetection.io to run. Open a terminal and run the following command to update your system's package database:
sudo pacman -Syu
Once the update is complete, run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo pacman -S git mongodb npm
Next, clone the changedetection.io repository from GitHub to your local system. Run the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io.git
This will create a folder named changedetection.io in your current directory.
Once the repository has been cloned, change your working directory to the changedetection.io folder using the following command:
cd changedetection.io/
After that, install the required NPM packages by executing the following command in the terminal:
npm install
This command will install all the required packages mentioned in the package.json file of the project.
Now, we need to start the MongoDB service. Run the following command in the terminal to start the service:
sudo systemctl start mongodb.service
If the service does not start, try running sudo systemctl enable mongodb.service first to allow the service to start at boot time.
Finally, start the changedetection.io server by executing the following command in the terminal:
npm start
This will start the server on port 8080. If you want to run the server on a different port, you can specify the port number using the -p option. For example, to start the server on port 3000, run the following command:
npm start -p 3000
Now that you have installed and set up changedetection.io on your Arch Linux system, you can easily monitor web pages for any changes. You can access the web interface of changedetection.io by navigating to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.
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