PHP Server Monitor is an open-source tool that allows you to monitor your server's performance and uptime. It is simple and easy to use, and it can monitor multiple servers at once. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PHP Server Monitor on POP! OS.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
Visit the official website of PHP Server Monitor and download the latest stable version of the software.
wget https://github.com/phpservermon/phpservermon/archive/refs/tags/v3.4.0.tar.gz
Extract the PHP Server Monitor archive file to the document root of your web server. You can use the following commands to extract the file.
tar -xzvf v3.4.0.tar.gz
cd phpservermon-3.4.0/
sudo mv * /var/www/html/
You need to install some required packages to run PHP Server Monitor. Run the following command to install packages.
sudo apt-get install php-xml php-mysql php-curl php-json php-gd
Create a new database and user for PHP Server Monitor. Login to your MariaDB or MySQL shell and run the following commands.
mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root user password and create a new database and user. Replace dbuser and dbpassword with a valid username and password.
CREATE DATABASE phpservermon;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpservermon.* TO 'dbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'dbpassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Configure PHP Server Monitor by creating a configuration file. You can use the following command to create a new configuration file.
cd /var/www/html/
sudo cp config.dist.php config.php
Edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor.
sudo nano config.php
Update the following parameters with your database details.
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'phpservermon');
define('DB_USER', 'dbuser');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'dbpassword');
Also, you can set the email notification settings.
define('EMAIL_FROM', 'alerts@example.com');
define('EMAIL_TO', 'admin@example.com');
define('EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX', '[PHP Server Monitor]');
Set the correct file permission for PHP Server Monitor. You can use the following commands to set file permissions.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/config.php
Finally, open your web browser and type the server's IP address or hostname followed by /index.php. You will see the PHP Server Monitor login page.
http://server-ip-address/index.php
Use the default username and password.
Username: admin
Password: admin
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install PHP Server Monitor on POP! OS. PHP Server Monitor is now ready to use for monitoring your servers.
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