Cabot is an open-source alerting and monitoring system that helps you keep an eye on your infrastructure. It is built with Python and Django, and it uses Celery to handle async tasks. In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to install Cabot on Elementary OS Latest.
Before you start, make sure that you have a working installation of Elementary OS Latest.
Before you install any packages, it is important to update your system packages to their latest versions. To do this, open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Next, you will need to install some packages that Cabot requires. Run the following command:
sudo apt install -y libffi-dev libssl-dev python3-dev python3-pip
Cabot uses MySQL as its default database, so you will need to install it. Run the following command:
sudo apt install -y mysql-server
During the installation, you will be prompted to set a root password for MySQL. Make sure you remember the password, as you will need it later.
After installing MySQL, you need to create a database that Cabot can use. Open up the MySQL shell by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password that you set during installation.
Inside the MySQL shell, run the following commands to create the Cabot database and user:
CREATE DATABASE cabot CHARACTER SET utf8;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cabot.* TO 'cabot'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Note that in the example above, 'password' is the password you want to use for the database user. You can replace it with any password of your choice.
Finally, run the following command to exit the MySQL shell:
exit
Now we can proceed with installing Cabot. Run the following command to install it:
sudo pip3 install cabot
Cabot requires some configuration before it can work properly. To do this, create a new file named cabot.conf.py inside the /etc directory by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/cabot.conf.py
Add the following configuration data to the file, replacing the database details with the ones you created in Step 4:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': 'cabot',
'USER': 'cabot',
'PASSWORD': 'password',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
'OPTIONS': {
'init_command': "SET sql_mode='STRICT_TRANS_TABLES'",
},
}
}
Save and exit the file.
Now we can proceed with setting up the database tables that Cabot needs. To do this, navigate to the /usr/local/bin directory and run the following command:
cd /usr/local/bin && sudo cabot migrate
Now that everything is set up, you can finally start Cabot. To do this, run the following command:
sudo cabot run
Cabot should now be up and running. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:5000 to access the Cabot dashboard.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Cabot on Elementary OS Latest. You can now use it to monitor your infrastructure and receive alerts when anything goes wrong.
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