In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install PHP Server Monitor on Debian. PHP Server Monitor is an open-source web-based monitoring tool that allows you to monitor your servers, websites, applications, and services.
First, log in to your Debian system with root access and update the package list using the following command:
apt-get update
Next, install the required packages for PHP Server Monitor using the following command:
apt-get install apache2 php php-xml php-mbstring php-curl php-zip php-mysql mariadb-server mariadb-client
PHP Server Monitor requires a database for storing configuration settings, monitoring data, and user information. In this step, we will create a new database and user for PHP Server Monitor.
Log in to the MariaDB shell with the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Enter your MariaDB root password when prompted.
Once you are logged in to the MariaDB shell, create a new database and user using the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE phpservermonitor;
CREATE USER 'phpmonitor'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpservermonitor.* TO 'phpmonitor'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Be sure to replace "your_password" with a strong password.
In this step, we will download and install PHP Server Monitor on our Debian server.
Change to the Apache webroot directory using the following command:
cd /var/www/html/
Download the latest version of PHP Server Monitor using the following command:
wget https://github.com/phpservermon/phpservermon/releases/download/3.4.2/phpservermon-3.4.2.zip
Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
unzip phpservermon-3.4.2.zip
Rename the extracted directory to "phpservermonitor" using the following command:
mv phpservermon-3.4.2 phpservermonitor
Change ownership of the PHP Server Monitor directory to the Apache web server user using the following command:
chown -R www-data:www-data phpservermonitor/
In this step, we will configure PHP Server Monitor to use our newly created database.
Change to the PHP Server Monitor directory using the following command:
cd phpservermonitor/
Copy the "config.dist.php" file to "config.php" using the following command:
cp includes/config.dist.php includes/config.php
Edit the "config.php" file using a text editor and update the following database settings:
$dbconfig = array(
'host' => 'localhost',
'user' => 'phpmonitor',
'password' => 'your_password',
'db' => 'phpservermonitor',
'port' => 3306,
'charset' => 'utf8mb4'
);
Be sure to replace "your_password" with the password you set for the 'phpmonitor' user in Step 2.
In this step, we will set the correct file permissions for PHP Server Monitor.
Change to the PHP Server Monitor directory using the following command:
cd /var/www/html/phpservermonitor/
Set the correct file permissions using the following commands:
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find . -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;
chmod -R g+w includes/config.php
chmod -R g+w cache/
In this step, we will access PHP Server Monitor from a web browser.
Open a web browser and visit the following URL to access PHP Server Monitor:
http://your_server_ip/phpservermonitor/
Replace "your_server_ip" with your server's IP address or hostname.
You should now see the PHP Server Monitor login page.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install PHP Server Monitor on Debian Latest. You can use PHP Server Monitor to monitor your servers, websites, applications, and services. If you encounter any issues during installation or configuration, please refer to the official documentation.
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