Bloonix is an open-source infrastructure and network monitoring solution that helps you monitor your IT environment in real-time. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Bloonix on OpenSUSE Latest.
Update the package manager to the latest version using the following command:
sudo zypper update
Install the required dependencies for compiling the source code using the following command:
sudo zypper install gcc make pkgconf libcurl-devel libxml2-devel
Download the latest version of Bloonix from the official website using the following command:
wget https://www.bloonix-monitoring.org/download/bloonix-0.22.1.tar.gz
Once downloaded, extract the archive using the following command:
tar -xvzf bloonix-0.22.1.tar.gz
Change the directory to the extracted bloonix directory and compile the source code using the following commands:
cd bloonix-0.22.1
./configure
make
sudo make install
Create a new user and group for Bloonix:
sudo useradd --system --home-dir /spool/bloonix -user-group bloonix
Now copy the sample configuration files and create the Bloonix configuration directory:
sudo cp -R etc /etc/bloonix
sudo mkdir /var/lib/bloonix
sudo chown -R bloonix:bloonix /var/lib/bloonix
Start the Bloonix services and verify the status with the following commands:
sudo systemctl start bloonixd
sudo systemctl status bloonixd
Open the web browser and access the Bloonix dashboard by entering the URL http://<IP_address>:8081.
We have successfully installed Bloonix on OpenSUSE Latest instance. You can start monitoring the system by adding hosts and services on the Bloonix dashboard.
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