PyDash is an open-source web-based dashboard tool for monitoring and analyzing performance statistics of a Linux server or workstation. In this tutorial, we will go over the steps to install pyDash on a Manjaro system.
Before we begin, make sure that your Manjaro system is up to date, and you have administrative privileges to install software packages.
PyDash requires Python 2.7 or Python 3.4+ and pip to be installed on the system. To install these packages, run the following commands in the terminal:
sudo pacman -Syu python python-pip
Once Python and pip are installed, you can install pyDash by executing the following command in the terminal:
sudo pip install pydash
After the installation is finished, you can verify the installation by running the following command:
pydash --version
If pyDash is installed correctly, you should see the version number displayed on the terminal.
By default, pyDash listens to local connections only, so to allow it to accept connections from remote clients, you need to edit the pyDash configuration file /etc/pydash.cfg.
To edit the configuration file, open it with your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /etc/pydash.cfg
Then, find the line that sets the server_ip parameter, and replace the default value 127.0.0.1 with 0.0.0.0:
server_ip = 0.0.0.0
Save and close the file.
Finally, start pyDash by running the following command in the terminal:
pydash
If everything is configured correctly, you can access the pyDash web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://your-server-ip:8080. Replace your-server-ip with the IP address of your Manjaro system.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install pyDash on a Manjaro system using pip. After installing, we also configured pyDash to accept remote connections and started the pyDash web interface.
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