In this tutorial, we will be installing μlogger, a logging program, on OpenBSD. We will be using the μlogger server from https://github.com/bfabiszewski/ulogger-server.
You must have the following installed on your system:
Open the command prompt on your OpenBSD system.
Clone the μlogger server repository from Github using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/bfabiszewski/ulogger-server.git
Install the packages required to build μlogger using the package manager:
pkg_add museek-fartitudo
pkg_add postgresql
pkg_add python
Before creating a database, you must create a user for PostgreSQL. To create a user, run the following command:
sudo -u _postgresql psql template1
Once you have accessed the template1 database, enter the following command to create a new user:
CREATE ROLE your_username_here LOGIN PASSWORD 'your_password_here' CREATEDB;
Next, create the μlogger database:
createdb -O your_username_here μlogger
Move into the μlogger server directory:
cd ulogger-server
Rename the config.yml.example file to config.yml:
cp config.yml.example config.yml
Edit the newly renamed config.yml file with a text editor:
nano config.yml
Replace the default values with the following:
db:
host: /var/run/postgresql
user: your_username_here
password: your_password_here
name: μlogger
Install the required Python packages:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Run the migration script:
python manage.py migrate
Finally, start the server:
python manage.py runserver 0:8080
That's it! You now have a functioning instance of μlogger running on your OpenBSD system. You can access it using a web browser at http://localhost:8080.
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