How to Install cState on OpenSUSE Latest

cState is a simple, web-based uptime monitoring tool that allows you to monitor your websites and servers. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install cState on the latest version of OpenSUSE.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• OpenSUSE latest version installed.
• sudo or root access
• Terminal or command-line interface

Step 1: Install Python and Git

To install cState, we need to install Python and Git. Open the Terminal and update the system packages and install Python and Git.

sudo zypper up
sudo zypper install -y git python3

Step 2: Clone cState from GitHub

Next, clone the cState repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/crazy-max/cstate.git

Step 3: Install Dependencies

After cloning the cState repository, change the directory to the cloned repository and install the dependencies using the following command:

cd cstate
sudo python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: Start cState

Once you have installed all the dependencies, you can start cState using the following command:

python3 cstate.py

The above command will start the cState web server. You can access the cState web interface by navigating to http://127.0.0.1:8080 in your web browser.

Step 5: Setup systemd unit

To run cState in the background and automate the startup and shutdown process, we will create a systemd unit file. Run the following command to create the unit file /etc/systemd/system/cstate.service:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/cstate.service

Paste the following content to the file:

[Unit]
Description=cState uptime monitoring
After=network.target

[Service]
Environment=PORT=8080
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /path/to/cstate/cstate.py
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/cstate
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Make sure to replace /path/to/cstate with the path to the cloned repository. Save and close the file.

Now, run the following commands to enable and start the cState service:

sudo systemctl enable cstate
sudo systemctl start cstate

You can check the status of the cState service using the following command:

sudo systemctl status cstate

That's it! You have successfully installed and configured cState on OpenSUSE. You can now access the cState web interface by navigating to http://your-ip-address:8080 in your web browser.

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