This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Bloonix on Manjaro. Bloonix is an open-source network monitoring system that monitors various aspects of your network like servers, switches, routers, etc. It provides a web interface that is easy to use and manage.
Before we start, it is essential to ensure that the system is up to date with the latest packages. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
The next step is to install the packages required by Bloonix. The packages we need are Apache web server, PHP, and MariaDB.
sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache mariadb
After installing the required packages, start and enable the services.
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Now, we can install Bloonix. First, we need to download the latest stable release from https://bloonix-monitoring.org/downloads.html.
Then, extract the downloaded file and move it to the Apache directory:
sudo tar -xvf bloonix-2.0.1.tar.gz
sudo mv bloonix-2.0.1 /srv/http/
Bloonix requires a database to store the monitoring data. We will create a new database, user and grant the user appropriate access.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password and execute the following commands in the MySQL shell.
CREATE DATABASE bloonix;
CREATE USER 'bloonix'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bloonix.* TO 'bloonix'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
After creating the database and user for Bloonix, we need to configure it to use these credentials.
sudo nano /srv/http/bloonix/config/config.ini
Change the following lines accordingly with your credentials.
database.host=localhost
database.port=3306
database.username=bloonix
database.password=password
database.database=bloonix
Save and exit this file.
Configure Apache to serve the Bloonix web interface by creating a VirtualHost. Create a new file in the Apache configuration directory and name it bloonix.conf.
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/bloonix.conf
Add the following lines to this file and save it.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME
DocumentRoot "/srv/http/bloonix"
<Directory "/srv/http/bloonix">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME with your domain or server IP address.
After saving the file, enable VirtualHost and restart Apache.
sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/extra/bloonix.conf /etc/httpd/conf/available/bloonix.conf
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Bloonix should now be accessible through the web browser. Enter the server IP address or domain name in the browser address bar, and the Bloonix login page should appear. Login with the default username and password, which are admin and admin.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Bloonix on Manjaro. You can now customize and use it to monitor your network.
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