How to Install Cabot on OpenSUSE Latest

Cabot is an open-source, self-hosted web application that allows you to monitor and alert on the status of various services, including websites, databases, and more. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps required to install Cabot on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, please make sure you have the following:

• A server running OpenSUSE Latest
• A non-root user account with sudo privileges
• Basic command-line skills

Step 1: Update Your System

The first step is to make sure your system is up-to-date. To update your system, run the following command:

sudo zypper refresh && sudo zypper update 

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Cabot has a number of dependencies that we need to install. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo zypper install python3-devel mysql-devel gcc libxml2-devel libxslt-devel 

Step 3: Install and Configure MySQL

Cabot requires a database to store its data, and in this tutorial, we will be using MySQL as our database. Run the following commands to install MySQL:

sudo zypper install mysql mysql-community-server-client 

Once MySQL is installed, start the service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start mysql 

Next, we need to secure the MySQL installation. Run the following command and follow the prompts:

sudo mysql_secure_installation 

Now, we need to create a database and user for Cabot to use. Log in to MySQL as the root user by running the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p 

Once you are logged in, run the following commands to create a database and user:

CREATE DATABASE cabotdb; 

CREATE USER 'cabotuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here'; 

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cabotdb.* TO 'cabotuser'@'localhost'; 

FLUSH PRIVILEGES; 

Note: Replace 'your_password_here' with a strong password.

Step 4: Install Cabot

Now that we have all our dependencies installed and MySQL configured, we can install Cabot. Run the following command to install Cabot:

sudo zypper install cabot 

Step 5: Configure Cabot

Cabot comes with a configuration file that we need to edit. Open the file at /etc/cabot.conf using your preferred text editor.

sudo nano /etc/cabot.conf 

In this file, you need to configure the following settings:

DATABASE_URL = 'mysql://cabotuser:your_password_here@localhost/cabotdb' 

EMAIL_HOST = 'your.email.host.com' 
EMAIL_PORT = 587 
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True 
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'youremail@email.com' 
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'your_email_password_here' 

Note: Replace the values for 'your_password_here', 'your.email.host.com', 'youremail@email.com', and 'your_email_password_here' with your actual values.

Step 6: Start Cabot

With everything set up, we can now start Cabot by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start cabot 

Step 7: Access Cabot

Cabot is now up and running, and you should be able to access it by navigating to http://your_server_ip:5000/ in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Cabot on OpenSUSE Latest.

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