How to Install eZ Server Monitor on Debian

eZ Server Monitor is an open-source tool that helps you monitor your server's resources and services. It provides a simple and easy-to-use web interface that displays real-time statistics of your server's CPU, memory, disk usage, network traffic, and more. In this tutorial, we will be installing eZ Server Monitor on Debian.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you will need:

• A Debian latest instance
• A sudo user

Step 1: Update Package Repository

Before installing any new package, it is essential to have an updated package repository. You can do this with the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install LAMP Server

eZ Server Monitor is a web-based tool, and to use it, we need a LAMP stack (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) server. If you already have a LAMP server installed, you can skip this step. Otherwise, install it with the following command:

sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client php php-mysql php-xml php-gd php-mbstring php-curl

After installing the LAMP stack, we need to secure the MariaDB with the following command.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Step 3: Install eZ Server Monitor

Once you have the LAMP stack installed, you can proceed with installing eZ Server Monitor. Follow these steps:

1. Start by downloading the eZ Server Monitor package using this command:

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ezservermonitor/ezservermonitor-web/2.5.11/ezservermonitor-web-2.5.11.tar.gz

2. Extract the downloaded file.

tar xf ezservermonitor-web-2.5.11.tar.gz

3. Move the extracted directory to the Apache's webroot.

sudo mv ezservermonitor /var/www/html/

4. Copy the config file and make some changes to it.

cd /var/www/html/ezservermonitor/include/
sudo cp config.php.sample config.php

Now edit the config.php file to set the database connection details. Change the following lines with your credentials.

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'ezservermonitor');
define('DB_PASS', 'ezserverpassword');
define('DB_NAME', 'ezservermonitor');

Make sure to create the database and user before you edit the config file. You can create the database and user with the following commands.

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE ezservermonitor CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'ezservermonitor'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ezserverpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ezservermonitor.* TO 'ezservermonitor'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

5. Give appropriate permissions to the directory.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/ezservermonitor
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/ezservermonitor

Step 4: Configure eZ Server Monitor

Now that we have installed eZ Server Monitor let us configure it.

1. First, open your web browser and go to http://your-server-ip/ezservermonitor/

   If everything went well, you should see the login page of eZ Server Monitor.

2. Login with the default credentials:

   User: admin Password: admin

3. Once you login, you will be prompted to change the password.

   The password should be at least six characters long, and it should contain uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.

4. After changing the password, you will be redirected to the dashboard.

   The dashboard displays real-time statistics of your server's CPU, memory, disk usage, network traffic, and more.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have installed and configured eZ Server Monitor on Debian. Now you have a powerful tool that can help you monitor your server's resources and services. By regularly monitoring and analyzing the data provided by eZ Server Monitor, you can identify and solve performance issues before they cause any harm to your system.

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