How to Install Cabot on FreeBSD Latest

Cabot is a free, open-source, self-hosted infrastructure monitoring platform written in Python. Cabot is an excellent way to monitor and alert you when something goes wrong with your IT infrastructure. Follow the steps below to install Cabot on your FreeBSD Latest system.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, make sure:

• You have root access to FreeBSD Latest
• Your system has Python 2.7.x and pip installed
• You have nginx installed on your system for reverse-proxying Cabot

Installation

1. Update the package repository index by running the following command:

pkg update

2. Install Python dev tools by running the following command:

pkg install python-dev-tools

3. Install the required packages for building the dependencies by running the following command:

pkg install py27-pip py27-dev py27-virtualenv

4. Add Python binary into the path by running the following command:

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc

5. Clone the Cabot repository via Git by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/arachnys/cabot.git

6. Change into the cloned repository by running the following command:

cd cabot

7. Install the required libraries by running the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

8. Copy the environment file by running the following command:

cp env.example .env

9. Edit the .env file and configure your database settings.

10. Run the following command to generate and apply migrations:

python manage.py migrate

11. Create a superuser by running the following command:

python manage.py createsuperuser

12. Start the Cabot app by running the following command:

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:5000

13. Test the Cabot by visiting http://your_server_ip:5000 on your browser.

Configuring Nginx

To configure your Nginx reverse proxy, follow the steps below:

1. Create a new server block configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/cabot.conf:

nano /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/cabot.conf

2. Paste the following configuration inside this file:

server {
  listen 0.0.0.0:80;
  server_name cabot.example.com;
  access_log  /var/log/nginx/cabot.access.log;

  location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5000;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    proxy_buffering off;
    proxy_redirect off;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    chunked_transfer_encoding off;
  }
}

3. Replace cabot.example.com with your Cabot server's domain name.

4. Restart the Nginx web server:

service nginx restart

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Cabot on FreeBSD Latest and configured the Nginx reverse proxy.

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