Facette is a web-based monitoring software that allows you to visualize and analyze time-series data. In this tutorial, we will provide step-by-step instructions on how to install Facette on POP! OS latest.
Before we get started, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to install the necessary dependencies for Facette:
sudo apt install -y wget gnupg
wget -q -O - https://apt.facette.io/facetteapt.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://apt.facette.io/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/facette.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y facette
The next step is to configure Facette. The configuration file can be found in /etc/facette/facette.ini. You can use any text editor to edit this file.
sudo nano /etc/facette/facette.ini
Update the allowed_origins parameter to list the domains that can access the Facette web interface.
allowed_origins = ["http://your-domain.com", "https://your-domain.com"]
Next, set a secure password for the Facette user by updating the hash parameter:
hash = "facette:your-password"
The final step is to start the Facette service:
sudo systemctl start facette
Verify that the service is running correctly:
sudo systemctl status facette
If all goes well, you should see the following output:
● facette.service - Facette
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/facette.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-06-24 09:00:00 EDT; 1s ago
Main PID: 12345 (facette)
Tasks: 8 (limit: 9830)
Memory: 25.7M
CGroup: /system.slice/facette.service
└─12345 /usr/bin/facette -c /etc/facette/facette.ini
Now that Facette is installed and running, you can access the web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to the following URL:
http://localhost:12003
You will be prompted to log in with the username facette and the password you set in Step 2.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Facette on POP! OS latest. Happy monitoring!
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