How to Install Vigil on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Vigil is a server monitoring tool that provides real-time alerting, reporting, and graphing capabilities. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Vigil on Fedora CoreOS latest.

Step 1: Install Rust

Rust is a programming language that is used to build Vigil. Therefore, we need to install Rust before installing Vigil. Here's how to install Rust on Fedora CoreOS:

1. Run the following command to download and install Rustup:

   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
   

2. Follow the instructions to complete the Rust installation.

Step 2: Install Vigil

Now that Rust is installed, we can proceed to install Vigil:

1. Run the following command to download and install Vigil:

   cargo install vigil-server
   

2. Vigil should now be installed. To verify the installation, run the following command to start Vigil:

   vigil-server
   

   You should see output similar to the following:

   INFO: Started HTTP server: 127.0.0.1:3030
   INFO: Started WebSocket server: 127.0.0.1:8080
   

3. With Vigil running, you can now open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3030 to access the Vigil web interface.

Step 3: Start Vigil on Boot

To start Vigil automatically when the system boots up, we need to create a systemd service file:

1. Run the following command to create the vigil.service file:

   sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/vigil.service
   

2. Paste the following contents into the vigil.service file:

   [Unit]
   Description=Vigil Server
   
   [Service]
   User=vigil
   Group=vigil
   ExecStart=/usr/local/cargo/bin/vigil-server
   Restart=always
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

3. Save and close the file.

4. Run the following command to reload the systemd configuration:

   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   

5. Finally, run the following command to start the Vigil service:

   sudo systemctl start vigil
   

   You can now check the status of the Vigil service by running the following command:

   sudo systemctl status vigil
   

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and started Vigil on Fedora CoreOS latest. You can now use Vigil to monitor your servers and receive real-time alerts when something goes wrong.

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