DragonFly is a monitoring agent that runs on Unix-like systems. It collects various metrics and sends them to a central server for analysis. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install DragonFly on Debian Latest.
Before you start, make you sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing the DragonFly agent, you need to update the system:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
DragonFly requires some dependencies to be installed on your system. You can install them by running the following command:
sudo apt install -y build-essential gcc make libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
Next, you need to download the DragonFly source code and build the agent:
git clone https://github.com/corecode/dma.git
cd dma
make
Now, you can install the DragonFly agent by running the following command:
sudo make install
After installing the DragonFly agent, you need to configure it by editing the configuration file located at /etc/dragonfly/dragonfly.conf. You can use any text editor to open and modify this file.
sudo nano /etc/dragonfly/dragonfly.conf
In this file, you will need to specify the following values:
apikey - Your API key to authenticate with the central server.endpoint - The endpoint URL for the central server.hostname - The name of your DragonFly client.Save your changes and exit the text editor.
Finally, start the DragonFly agent by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start dragonfly
You can check the status of the agent by running:
sudo systemctl status dragonfly
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured the DragonFly agent on your Debian Latest server.
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