Observium is a network monitoring tool used to monitor network devices, servers, and applications. NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable open-source operating system that is widely used by developers and system administrators.
This tutorial will guide you on how to install Observium on NetBSD.
Before proceeding, make sure that you have the following:
First, we need to update the system by running the following command:
sudo pkgin update
Observium requires several packages to be installed on the NetBSD machine. Run the following command to install them:
sudo pkgin install net-snmp rrdtool php74-gd php74-mysqli php74-sockets
Once the required packages have been installed, download the latest version of Observium from the official website by running the following command:
sudo wget http://www.observium.org/observium-community-latest.tar.gz
Next, extract the downloaded file by running the following command:
sudo tar -zxvf observium-community-latest.tar.gz
Once the extraction is completed, move the Observium directory to the standard location for web server files, /usr/local/www/observium:
sudo mv observium /usr/local/www/
To configure Observium, navigate to the Observium directory by running the following command:
cd /usr/local/www/observium
Next, copy the default configuration file by running the following command:
sudo cp config.php.default config.php
Then, edit the config.php file using your preferred text editor:
sudo vi config.php
In the file, specify the MySQL username, password, and database name that Observium will use to store data:
$config['db_user'] = 'observium_user';
$config['db_pass'] = 'observium_pass';
$config['db_name'] = 'observium_db';
Save and exit the file.
Observium provides an installation script that will validate the configuration and create tables in the database. Run the script by running the following command:
sudo ./discovery.php -u
Finally, start the webserver by running the following command:
sudo /etc/rc.d/httpd start
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Observium on NetBSD. Observium is now ready to use for monitoring your network devices, servers, and applications.
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