Freeboard is a web-based dashboard that allows you to create visualizations of data from various sources. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Freeboard on FreeBSD.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
Freeboard is built with Node.js, so we need to install it first. Run the following command:
sudo pkg install node npm
This will install the latest version of Node.js and npm on your system.
We will now download and install Freeboard. Run the following command:
sudo npm install -g freeboard
This will install Freeboard globally on your system.
To start Freeboard, run the following command:
freeboard start
This will start Freeboard on the default port, which is 3000. You can access the Freeboard dashboard by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
If you want to specify a different port, you can use the -p option. For example, to start Freeboard on port 8080, run the following command:
freeboard start -p 8080
That's it! You have successfully installed Freeboard on FreeBSD. Now you can create your own data visualizations and dashboards using Freeboard. Happy dashboarding!
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