In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing PHP Server Monitor on OpenBSD. PHP Server Monitor is an open-source tool that allows you to monitor your server's health status, uptime, and performance metrics through a web-based interface.
Before we can install PHP Server Monitor, we need to ensure that PHP and some of its required extensions are installed on our system. We can do this by executing the following commands on the command line:
# pkg_add php php-pdo php-pdo_mysql php-mbstring php-gd php-zlib php-curl
Next, we need to install a web server and a database server on our OpenBSD system. For this tutorial, we will be using Apache as our web server and MariaDB as our database server. We can install them by running the following commands:
# pkg_add apache mariadb-server
After installing Apache and MariaDB, we need to enable them to start automatically when the system boots. We can do this by running the following commands:
# rcctl enable httpd
# rcctl enable mysqld
Before we can install PHP Server Monitor, we need to create a database and a user for it to use. We can do this by running the following commands:
# mysql -u root -p
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE phpservermonitor;
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpservermonitor.* TO 'phpservermonitor'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> QUIT;
Note that you should replace 'password' with a secure password of your own choosing.
Now that we have all the necessary components installed, we can proceed to download and extract PHP Server Monitor. We will download the latest version of PHP Server Monitor from the official website:
# cd /var/www/htdocs
# ftp https://github.com/phpservermon/phpservermon/archive/refs/tags/v3.4.1.tar.gz
# tar zxvf v3.4.1.tar.gz
# mv phpservermon-3.4.1 phpservermonitor
After extracting PHP Server Monitor, we need to configure it. We can do this by copying the default configuration file and then editing it as follows:
# cd /var/www/htdocs/phpservermonitor
# cp config/config.default.php config/config.php
# vi config/config.php
In the configuration file, we need to set the correct database details, including the database name, username, and password. Locate the following lines in the configuration file:
define('PSM_DB_DRIVER', 'pdo_mysql');
define('PSM_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('PSM_DB_PORT', '');
define('PSM_DB_NAME', 'phpservermonitor');
define('PSM_DB_USERNAME', 'phpservermonitor');
define('PSM_DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
Replace 'password' with the password you set earlier for the MySQL user.
Next, we need to configure Apache to serve PHP Server Monitor. We can do this by creating a new virtual host file in the 'conf' directory of Apache and adding the following configuration:
# cd /etc/httpd/conf
# vi httpd.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName myserver.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs/phpservermonitor
<Directory /var/www/htdocs/phpservermonitor>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace 'myserver.com' with your own domain name.
After editing the Apache configuration file, we need to restart Apache:
# /etc/rc.d/httpd restart
PHP Server Monitor should now be accessible through a web browser by visiting http://myserver.com (or whatever domain name you used in the Apache configuration file). You should see the PHP Server Monitor login screen.
To log in, use the default username 'admin' and the password 'admin'. We highly recommend that you change the password after logging in for the first time.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed PHP Server Monitor on OpenBSD and are now ready to monitor your server's health status and performance metrics!
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