eZ Server Monitor is a lightweight and easy-to-use server monitoring tool that helps you keep an eye on your Linux server's resources and performance. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing eZ Server Monitor on Linux Mint latest version.
Before installing eZ Server Monitor, you must have the following:
eZ Server Monitor requires the Apache web server to be installed on your system. So, let's start by installing Apache.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2
After installing Apache, you need to start and enable the Apache service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
To confirm that Apache is running, you can run:
sudo systemctl status apache2
eZ Server Monitor is a PHP-based application, and it requires some PHP modules to be installed on your system.
To install PHP and the required PHP modules, run the following command:
sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-cli php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-json php-mbstring php-tokenizer php-zip
Next, you need to download eZ Server Monitor from their official website. You can use the following command to download the latest version of eZ Server Monitor:
wget -O ezservermonitor.zip http://www.ezservermonitor.com/esm-web/downloads/latest
Extract the downloaded zip file using the following command:
unzip ezservermonitor.zip
Move the extracted directory to the Apache document root directory:
sudo mv eZServerMonitor /var/www/html
eZ Server Monitor requires some configuration before you can start using it.
First, copy the sample configuration file and rename it to config.php:
cd /var/www/html/eZServerMonitor
cp config.php.sample config.php
Edit the config.php file using a text editor of your choice:
sudo nano config.php
Change the following lines according to your server environment:
// database credentials
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'ezservermonitor');
define('DB_USER', 'root');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'PASSWORD');
// application URL
define('APP_URL', 'http://localhost/eZServerMonitor/');
// default admin credentials
define('ADMIN_USERNAME', 'admin');
define('ADMIN_PASSWORD', 'password');
Save and close the file.
eZ Server Monitor requires a database to store its data. You can create a new database using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
In the MySQL shell, execute the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE ezservermonitor;
CREATE USER 'ezservermonitor'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ezservermonitor.* TO 'ezservermonitor'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace PASSWORD with your preferred database password.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/eZServerMonitor/install
Follow the on-screen instructions and provide the required information, including database credentials and admin login details.
Once the installation is complete, you will be redirected to the eZ Server Monitor login page.
Now you can access eZ Server Monitor by navigating to http://localhost/eZServerMonitor in your web browser. Use the admin login details you created during the installation process to log in to eZ Server Monitor.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install eZ Server Monitor on Linux Mint latest version. With eZ Server Monitor, you can monitor your server's resources and performance in a user-friendly way.
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