Homer is a powerful self-hosted dashboard for your home server or network. It allows you to view and monitor activity on your network in real-time. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of Homer on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:
The first step is to update the system using the following command:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
It is recommended to update the system regularly to ensure that it is up-to-date with the latest security patches and updates.
Homer is stored on GitHub, so to download it, we need to have Git installed on our system. Run the following command to install Git:
sudo pkg install git
Now that we have Git installed, we can clone Homer's GitHub repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/bastienwirtz/homer.git
This command will create a directory named "homer" that contains all of the necessary files for installing and running Homer.
Homer runs on Node.js, so we'll need to install Node.js on our server. We will install Node.js using pkg, FreeBSD's package manager. Run the following command to install Node.js:
sudo pkg install node
Homer has several dependencies that need to be installed. We can install these dependencies by navigating to the "homer" directory and running the following command:
cd homer
sudo npm install
This command will install all the required dependencies for running Homer.
Before we run Homer, we need to configure it according to our needs.
Open the "config.example.json" file in the "homer" directory and make any necessary changes to the configuration. Rename the file to "config.json".
We're now ready to run Homer. To start Homer, navigate to the "homer" directory and run the following command:
npm start
This command will start the Homer dashboard, and you can now access it by going to your server's IP address on your web browser, followed by the port number specified in the "config.json" file.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Homer on FreeBSD Latest. You can now monitor your network activity and keep track of important data using the Homer dashboard.
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