Homer is an open-source VoIP monitoring and debugging tool that provides real-time insight into the health of VoIP systems. In this tutorial, we'll guide you on how to install Homer on the latest Fedora Server.
Before installing Homer on your Fedora Server, you need to ensure that:
Updating your system is a vital process to ensure that your system is up-to-date and that you can install the necessary dependencies.
To update your system, log in to your server and run the following command:
$ sudo dnf update
This command will update your server's package lists to the latest version.
After updating your system, you need to install the dependencies required to run Homer. The dependencies are as follows:
To install the dependencies, run the following command:
$ sudo dnf install git httpd php php-mysqlnd rsyslog mariadb-server
After installing the dependencies, start the necessary services using the following command:
$ sudo systemctl start httpd rsyslog mariadb
After installing the dependencies, you can download and install the Homer repository from GitHub using the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/bastienwirtz/homer.git /var/www/html/homer
Then create the necessary directories and log files using the following command:
$ sudo mkdir /var/log/homer
$ sudo touch /var/log/homer/homer.log
$ sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/log/homer /var/www/html/homer
After cloning the Homer repository, you need to create a database for the application. You can do this by running the following command:
$ sudo mysql -uroot -p
This command will open the MySQL shell. Once in the shell, create a new database for Homer with the following command:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE homer;
After creating the database, create a MySQL user for Homer and grant them access to the database. The following command will create a new user and give them full access to the homer database:
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON homer.* TO 'homer'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Make sure to replace "password" with a secure password.
You need to configure Homer by editing the configuration.php file. Navigate to the directory where the configuration.php file is located and edit it using the following command:
$ sudo nano /var/www/html/homer/configuration.php
In this file, you need to update the following settings:
$dsn: Set the MySQL server address, database name, and port.$user: Set the MySQL database username.$pass: Set the MySQL database password.$params: Set the path to the log file, the username, and the password.After making the necessary changes, save the file and exit the editor.
After configuring Homer, you can access it by opening your web browser and entering your server's IP address or domain name followed by /homer. For example, http://your-server-ip-address/homer.
This will take you to the Homer login page, where you can enter the default username and password, which are:
After logging in, you can start using Homer to monitor and debug your VoIP systems.
In this tutorial, we've demonstrated how to install Homer on Fedora Server. Homer is an excellent tool for real-time monitoring and debugging of VoIP systems, and it's vital for ensuring their stability and health.
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