In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install OpenTSDB on the latest version of Pop!_OS. OpenTSDB is a distributed, scalable Time Series Database that stores large amounts of data over time. It is a free, open-source tool that is built on top of Apache HBase.
To follow this tutorial, you will need:
Open a terminal on your machine and run the following command to install Java:
sudo apt-get install default-jre -y
After the installation process is complete, verify the installation by running the following command:
java -version
This command should display the version of Java that you installed.
Before installing OpenTSDB, we need to install Hadoop HBase on the machine. OpenTSDB relies on HBase for its storage. Run the following command to install the required dependencies for HBase:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y gnupg2 software-properties-common wget curl dirmngr
Next, add the Apache HBase repository to your system by running the following commands:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 0C49F3730359A14518585931BC711F9BA15703C6
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/stable-2.3/ /'
sudo apt-get update
After updating the repositories, run the following command to install Hadoop HBase on your machine:
sudo apt-get install -y hbase
Now, we can download and install OpenTSDB on our machine.
Firstly, create a new directory where we will download OpenTSDB:
mkdir /tmp/opentsdb
Once you have downloaded the package, extract it to the directory you just created:
cd /tmp/opentsdb
wget https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/download/v2.4.1/opentsdb-2.4.1.tar.gz
tar xvf opentsdb-2.4.1.tar.gz
cd opentsdb-2.4.1
Configure OpenTSDB by running the following command:
./configure
After the configuration process is complete, run the following command to build OpenTSDB:
make
Finally, run the following command to install OpenTSDB:
sudo make install
Once you have installed OpenTSDB, you need to configure it properly.
Firstly, create the required directories:
mkdir /etc/opentsdb && mkdir /var/log/opentsdb
Next, create a configuration file for OpenTSDB:
sudo nano /etc/opentsdb/opentsdb.conf
Add the following lines in the configuration file:
tsd.core.auto_create_metrics = true
tsd.storage.enable_compaction = true
tsd.storage.hbase.zk_quorum = localhost:2181
tsd.network.port = 4242
tsd.http.staticroot = /usr/local/share/opentsdb/static
tsd.http.cachedir = /tmp/opentsdb
Save the file and exit.
After you have configured OpenTSDB, you can start it by running the following command:
sudo /usr/local/share/opentsdb/bin/tsdb tsd --config=/etc/opentsdb/opentsdb.conf
This command will start the OpenTSDB daemon.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured OpenTSDB on your Pop!_OS machine. You can use OpenTSDB to store and analyze large amounts of time-series data.
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