How to Install Bicimon on OpenBSD

Bicimon is a network monitoring tool that can be installed on OpenBSD. Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to install it.

Prerequisites

• OpenBSD installed
• Internet access

Installation

1. Open a remote terminal to your OpenBSD server.

2. Install dependencies. Run the following command to install the required packages for Bicimon:

$ doas pkg_add python3 py3-setuptools libsodium

3. Create a Python virtual environment. This step is not mandatory, but it is a recommended way to ensure that the application runs in a contained environment. Enter the following command to create a virtual environment:

$ python -m venv bicimon-env

4. Activate virtual environment. We need to activate the virtual environment to install Bicimon inside the environment. Type in the below command to activate the virtual environment:

$ source bicimon-env/bin/activate

5. Download Bicimon from the repository. Clone the GitHub repository using Git:

$ git clone https://github.com/knrdl/bicimon.git

6. Navigate into the bicimon folder using the command:

$ cd bicimon

7. Install Bicimon. Run the following command to install Bicimon and its dependencies:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

8. Run Bicimon. Use the following command to start Bicimon:

$ python bicimon.py

9. Configure Bicimon. Open the bicimon.config file and add the IP addresses which you want to monitor. Here's an example configuration file, add the IP addresses you want to monitor to this file:

{
    "network_scan_timeout": 30,
    "interval": 60,
    "watchers": [
        {
            "watcher_type": "ping",
            "name": "router",
            "destination": "192.168.1.1"
        },
        {
            "watcher_type": "ping",
            "name": "google_dns_1",
            "destination": "8.8.8.8"
        },
        {
            "watcher_type": "ping",
            "name": "google_dns_2",
            "destination": "8.8.4.4"
        }
    ]
}

10. Restart Bicimon. Type in the following command to restart Bicimon with your new configuration:

$ python bicimon.py -c bicimon.config

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Bicimon on OpenBSD!

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