Observium is a network monitoring tool that can monitor your network devices and servers. It is an open-source tool that provides a simple and easy-to-use interface. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Observium on POP! OS.
Before you start, you will need:
Before we install any packages, let's make sure that the system is up to date. To update your system, open a terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Next, we need to install some required packages. Run the following command to install Apache, PHP, and MySQL:
sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server
Observium is not available in the official Ubuntu repositories, so we need to download it from the Observium website. Run the following command to download and install Observium:
sudo wget http://www.observium.org/observium-community-latest.tar.gz
sudo tar xzvf observium-community-latest.tar.gz
Once the files have been extracted, you will need to move them to the web folder. Run the following command to move the files:
sudo mv observium /var/www/html/
Now, we need to configure the Observium database. To do this, we will first need to create the database and the user. Run the following commands to create the database and user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE observium;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON observium.* TO 'observium'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace 'PASSWORD' with a strong password of your choice.
Next, we need to configure the Observium configuration file. Run the following command to edit the configuration file:
sudo nano /var/www/html/observium/config.php
At the top of the file, you will see some configuration options. Change the following lines:
$config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_user'] = 'observium';
$config['db_pass'] = 'PASSWORD';
$config['db_name'] = 'observium';
Replace 'PASSWORD' with the password you chose in step 4.
We now need to configure Apache to serve the Observium files. To do this, we need to create a new virtual host file. Run the following command to create the file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/observium.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName observium.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/observium/
<Directory /var/www/html/observium/>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace 'ServerName' with your domain name or IP address.
Enable the virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite observium.conf
Finally, restart Apache by running the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open a web browser and navigate to your server's IP address or domain name. You should see the Observium login page.
In conclusion, you have successfully installed Observium on POP! OS. You can now start monitoring your network devices and servers.
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