How to Install Bloonix on Pop!_OS Latest

Bloonix is an open-source monitoring solution that provides real-time monitoring of your infrastructure, servers, and applications. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Bloonix on the latest version of Pop!_OS.

Prerequisites

• An instance of Pop!_OS latest version
• SSH access to the instance
• A user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Update and Upgrade Your System

Before installing Bloonix, it is important to ensure that your system is up-to-date.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Next, you will need to install some packages required by Bloonix.

sudo apt install -y curl gnupg2 gnupg wget lsb-release ca-certificates software-properties-common

Step 3: Add Bloonix Repository

After installing required packages, run the following command to retrieve the GPG key to add the Bloonix repository to your system.

wget -O - https://bloonix-monitoring.org/repo/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -

Next, add the Bloonix repository to your system using the following command:

echo "deb http://bloonix-monitoring.org/repo stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bloonix.list

Step 4: Install Bloonix

Now that the repository is added, run the following command to install Bloonix:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y bloonix bloonix-agent bloonix-plugins-all

The installation of Bloonix also installs the web interface and the database.

Step 5: Configure Firewall

By default, Bloonix listens on port 9000. You will need to open the port on the firewall to allow access to the web interface. Run the following command to allow access to port 9000.

sudo ufw allow 9000/tcp

Step 6: Start and Enable Bloonix Services

Finally, start and enable the Bloonix services so that they start automatically after a system restart.

sudo systemctl start bloonix bloonix-webui bloonix-agent
sudo systemctl enable bloonix bloonix-webui bloonix-agent

Step 7: Access Bloonix Web Interface

You can now login to the Bloonix web interface using your preferred web browser.

http://<your-ip-address>:9000

Enter the default username bloonix and password bloonix123 to access the dashboard.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Bloonix on the latest version of Pop!_OS. You can now utilize the monitoring solution to monitor your infrastructure, servers, and applications.

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