PolitePol is a free and open-source remote syslog collector and analyzer, developed by taroved. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing PolitePol on NetBSD.
Before we begin, please ensure that you have the following:
PolitePol requires a few dependencies to run. Open the terminal and run the following command to install the required dependencies:
pkg_add -v py39-setuptools py39-cryptography py39-pyopenssl py39-requests
Next, you need to clone PolitePol repository on your NetBSD server. Open the terminal and run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/taroved/pol.git
Now that you have cloned the PolitePol repository, navigate to the cloned directory and install PolitePol. Run the following command to install PolitePol:
cd pol
sudo python3 setup.py install
After you have installed PolitePol, you need to configure it. Navigate to the PolitePol directory and create a new configuration file politepol.yml using a text editor of your choice:
cd /usr/local/lib/pol
sudo nano politepol.yml
In the configuration file, enter the following details:
server_uri: http://your-server-ip:5000/
log_file_name: politepol.log
Replace your-server-ip with the IP address of your NetBSD server.
Now that you have installed and configured PolitePol, it's time to run the service. Run the following command to start PolitePol service:
sudo politepol-service start
You can also run PolitePol in debug mode by running the following command:
sudo politepol-service start -d
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PolitePol on NetBSD. You can check the logs at /var/log/politepol/politepol.log to see if PolitePol is working correctly. If you face any issues during the installation, please refer to the official documentation at https://github.com/taroved/pol.
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