Cabot is an open-source and self-hosted alert monitoring system that helps to monitor the services and applications. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cabot on Fedora CoreOS Latest system.
sudo privilegesBefore installing Cabot, make sure that your system is up-to-date and install the required packages.
sudo dnf install -y python3 python3-devel postgresql postgresql-devel libxml2 libxslt-devel libffi-devel gcc openssl-devel```
## Step 2: Install pip3
Cabot requires pip3 to be installed, so we have to install pip3. Use the following command to install pip3.
```sudo dnf install -y python3-pip```
## Step 3: Install Cabot
Once all the prerequisites are installed, we can proceed to install Cabot. Run the following command to install Cabot.
```sudo pip3 install cabot-alerts cabot-checks celery django rq```
## Step 4: Configure PostgreSQL
Cabot uses PostgreSQL as the backend database. So, we have to create a new PostgreSQL database and user for Cabot. To install PostgreSQL server, run the following command.
```sudo dnf install -y postgresql-server```
Once the installation is completed, initialize the PostgreSQL database by running the following command.
```sudo postgresql-setup --initdb```
Now start the PostgreSQL service and set it to start at boot time.
```sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl enable postgresql```
Next, create a new PostgreSQL database and user for Cabot.
sudo su - postgres psql CREATE DATABASE cabot; CREATE USER cabot_user WITH PASSWORD 'password'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE cabot TO cabot_user; \q exit
## Step 5: Configure Cabot
Now it's time to configure Cabot. First, change to the `/opt` directory.
```cd /opt```
Next, create a new Cabot configuration file.
```sudo touch cabot.env```
Edit the file using your preferred text editor.
```sudo vi cabot.env```
Add the following lines to the file, replacing `password` with the actual password for the `cabot_user` you created earlier.
DATABASE_URL=postgres://cabot_user:password@localhost/cabot FROM_EMAIL=cabot@yourdomain.com CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://localhost:6379/0
Save and exit the file.
## Step 6: Start Cabot
We are now ready to start Cabot. Change to the Cabot installation directory.
```cd /opt```
Next, run the following command to sync the database.
```cabot syncdb -d```
This will ask you to create a new superuser account for Cabot. Provide the required details and continue.
Next, run the following command to start Cabot.
```sudo cabot run```
Cabot is now running and accessible at `http://<your-server-ip>:5000/`.
## Conclusion
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Cabot on Fedora CoreOS Latest. You can now start monitoring your services and applications with this self-hosted alert monitoring system.
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