LibreNMS is a robust network monitoring tool with a user-friendly interface that helps administrators monitor, diagnose and troubleshoot problems on their networks. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install LibreNMS on Manjaro.
Before we start, ensure that your Manjaro system is up-to-date and that the following packages are installed:
To use LibreNMS, you must install some PHP dependencies using the composer package manager. You can install it by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S composer
Then, navigate to the package directory where you want to have LibreNMS installed and run the following command to install the required dependencies:
composer install --no-dev
To install LibreNMS, clone the LibreNMS repository to your local machine. You can do this using the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/librenms/librenms.git /opt/librenms
Next, change the ownership of the /opt/librenms directory to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R http:http /opt/librenms
LibreNMS requires a database to store its data. You can use MariaDB or MySQL as your database management system.
Start by logging into MariaDB using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then, create a new database for LibreNMS:
CREATE DATABASE librenms CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
Create a new user and grant them access to the database using the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON librenms.* TO 'librenmsuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file for LibreNMS:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/librenms.conf
Paste the following configuration into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /opt/librenms/html/
ServerName your.hostname.com
<Directory "/opt/librenms/html/">
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/librenms_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/librenms_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Navigate to the installation directory and run the following command to configure LibreNMS:
sudo /opt/librenms/scripts/setup.php
When prompted, provide the database credentials and follow the prompts to complete the installation.
LibreNMS is now ready to use. You can access it by pointing your web browser to the URL defined in your virtual host configuration file.
http://your.hostname.com/
In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure LibreNMS on Manjaro. You can now monitor and troubleshoot your network using this powerful tool.
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