Gatus is a monitoring tool that helps you keep track of your systems and services. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gatus on OpenSUSE Latest using the GitHub repository.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
Gatus requires some dependencies to be installed before it can run properly. Install the following packages using the terminal:
sudo zypper install nodejs npm
Clone the Gatus repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/TwiN/gatus.git
This will download the Gatus repository to your local machine.
Navigate to the cloned directory using the cd command:
cd gatus
Install Gatus using npm:
sudo npm install -g
Once completed, you can verify the installation by running:
gatus -v
This should display the current version of Gatus installed on your system.
Before you can start using Gatus, you need to configure it to monitor your services.
Create a configuration file for Gatus:
sudo nano /etc/gatus.yaml
Add the following YAML configuration into the file:
http:
- name: My App
url: http://localhost:8080/
This configuration is for monitoring an HTTP service running on http://localhost:8080/.
Save and close the file.
Start Gatus using the following command:
sudo gatus start --config /etc/gatus.yaml
This will start Gatus with the configuration file you created earlier.
Access Gatus by visiting http://localhost:3000/ in your web browser. You should see the status of your configured services displayed in the Gatus web interface.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Gatus on OpenSUSE Latest. To add more services to monitor, simply modify the gatus.yaml file as needed. Gatus is a powerful tool that can help you keep track of the health of your systems and services, so have fun exploring its features!
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