How to Install Facette on EndeavourOS

Facette is a web-based application that allows you to monitor and visualize time-series data. It has a simple user interface, supports multi-level datasets, and can handle large amounts of data.

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Facette on EndeavourOS. We assume that you have a basic understanding of the Linux command line and have EndeavourOS installed on your machine.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you need to make sure that your system is up to date. Open a terminal and run the following commands:

sudo pacman -Syyu

Installing Dependencies

The first step is to install the dependencies required by Facette. We will use the pacman package manager to install the dependencies. Run the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S gcc make cmake git libxml2 libxslt libzmq

Installing Facette

Once we have installed the dependencies, we can download and install Facette.

1. First, we need to clone the Facette repository using Git. Run the following command in the terminal:

git clone https://github.com/facette/facette.git

2. Now, change to the Facette directory using the cd command:

cd facette

3. In the Facette directory, run the following command to build the application:

make release

4. Once the build process is complete, run the following command to install Facette:

sudo make install

Configuring Facette

After installation, we need to configure Facette to work with our data sources.

1. First, create a configuration file for Facette:

sudo nano /etc/facette/facette.conf

2. In the configuration file, you need to specify the data sources that Facette will use. For example, if you want to monitor CPU usage, you can use the cpu plugin. Here is an example configuration:

[datasource.cpu]
backend = exec
path = /usr/lib/facette/plugins/cpu
interval = 1000

This configuration sets the data source to use the cpu plugin with an interval of 1000 milliseconds.

You can find more information about configuring Facette in the official documentation: https://docs.facette.io/

Starting Facette

Now that we have installed and configured Facette, we can start the application:

sudo systemctl start facette

To enable Facette to start automatically on boot:

sudo systemctl enable facette

Accessing Facette

Facette is a web-based application and can be accessed using a web browser.

1. Open a web browser and go to the following URL:

http://localhost:12003/

This will open the Facette dashboard, where you can visualize your data sources.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Facette on EndeavourOS.

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