How to Install Observium on Manjaro

Observium is a network monitoring platform that provides detailed insights into network performance and health. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Observium on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

• A Manjaro machine, either physical or virtual.
• sudo access to execute commands with elevated privileges.

Step 1: Installing Dependencies

Before we can install Observium, we need to install the required dependencies. To do this, let us update the package list and install some packages via pacman package manager:

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S git apache mariadb php php-fpm php-gd php-snmp php-mysql

Step 2: Creating the Apache Virtual Host

Next, we need to create a virtual host for Observium in the Apache web server. We can do this by creating a file called observium.conf in the /etc/httpd/conf/extra directory:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/observium.conf

Next, add the following configuration directives to the observium.conf file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName observium.example.com
   DocumentRoot /opt/observium/html/
   <Directory "/opt/observium/html/">
      AllowOverride All
      Require all granted
      Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace the ServerName value with your domain or server IP address. Save and close the file.

Step 3: Cloning Observium Repository

Next, we need to clone the Observium repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/observium/observium.git /opt/observium

Step 4: Installing Observium

After cloning the repository, we need to install Observium. To do this, navigate to the /opt/observium directory and run the installation script:

cd /opt/observium
sudo ./discovery.php -u
sudo ./discovery.php -h all
sudo ./poller.php -h all
sudo ./adduser.php observium admin_password 10

These commands will install Observium and configure it with the necessary permissions and settings.

Step 5: Starting Services

The final step is to start the Apache and MariaDB services, and enable them to start automatically when the Manjaro machine boots.

sudo systemctl start httpd mariadb
sudo systemctl enable httpd mariadb

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Observium on Manjaro. You can now access the Observium web interface by pointing your web browser to the IP address or domain name of your Manjaro machine.

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