Cabot is an open-source monitoring and alerting system designed to be easily setup and deployed in any environment. In this tutorial, we will go over the steps to install Cabot on POP!_OS, a popular Linux distribution based on Ubuntu.
Cabot requires Python version 3 or later to be installed. Most recent versions of POP!_OS come already with Python3 installed, but to verify, run:
python3 --version
If Python3 is not installed on your system, run the following commands to install it:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip -y
These commands will update your system and install Python3 along with pip3, a package manager for Python.
After Python3 and pip3 are installed, run the following command to install Cabot:
sudo pip3 install cabotapp
This command will download and install Cabot and its dependencies. This may take some time, depending on your internet speed.
After Cabot is installed, it needs to be initialized. To do this, run the following command from your terminal:
sudo su - cabot -s /bin/bash -c "cabot migrate && cabot createsuperuser"
This command will create a new user called "cabot" and initialize the database with the necessary tables, and then prompt you to create a superuser account.
Once Cabot is set up, you can run it with the following command:
sudo systemctl start cabot
This command will start the Cabot service. You can check if the service is running correctly by running:
sudo systemctl status cabot
If everything is working properly, you should see a message saying "Active: active (running)".
By now, you have learned how to install Cabot on POP!_OS via pip3 and have initialized a superuser account. You can now access and configure Cabot by opening your internet browser and navigating to http://localhost:5000.
Note that Cabot is not configured to run automatically on system startup. You may want to configure it to do so with the following command:
sudo systemctl enable cabot
That's it! Have fun monitoring your systems with Cabot.
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