How to Install Cabot on Ubuntu Server Latest?

Cabot is a self-hosted, open-source monitoring and alerting system that allows users to monitor their applications and infrastructure. In this tutorial, we will be installing Cabot on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites:

• Ubuntu Server Latest
• Root Access to the server
• An SSH client (PuTTY) (if you are accessing the server remotely)
• Python 2.7.x or Python 3.x

Step 1: Update the system

Before installing anything on Ubuntu Server, it’s essential to update the system.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2: Install required packages

Ensure you have installed these required dependencies.

sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv libffi-dev libssl-dev libjpeg-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libpng-dev libfreetype6-dev

Step 3: Install Cabot

1. Create a virtual environment for Cabot:

virtualenv cabotenv
cd cabotenv && source bin/activate

2. Install Cabot using pip:

pip install cabot-alert-email cabot-alert-hipchat cabot-alert-twilio cabot-alert-googlechat cabot-alert-slack cabot-alert-pagerduty cabot-alert-repeat cabot-check-dns cabot-check-http cabot-check-ping

Step 4: Set up the Database

1. Install MySQL server:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

2. Create the Cabot database and the database user.

mysql -u root -p -e "create database cabotdb"
mysql -u root -p
mysql> create user 'cabotuser'@'localhost' identified by 'cabotpassword';
mysql> grant all privileges on cabotdb.* to 'cabotuser'@'localhost';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit;

Step 5: Configure Cabot

1. To begin with, create a configuration file for Cabot.

cp conf/production.env.example conf/production.env

2. Modify the settings within the configuration file.

CABOT_FROM_EMAIL='[email]'
CABOT_API_DISABLED=True
CABOT_DEAD_SERVICE_CHECK_TIMEOUT=120
CABOT_BROKER_URL='amqp://guest:[email protected]:5672//'
CABOT_DATASTORE='postgresql://cabotdb:[email]@localhost/cabotdb'
CABOT_PLUGINS_ENABLED='django_statsd\n'
CABOT_WEBPORT=5000

Step 6: Set up the Cabot Web Service

1. Start the Django development server.

python manage.py runserver

2. Open your web browser, and go to:

http://<your-server-ip-address>:5000

You should see the Cabot login page.

3. Create a new superuser account.

python manage.py createsuperuser

Step 7: Start the Cabot Services

1. Start the Celery and Celerybeat services:

python manage.py celery worker
python manage.py celerybeat

2. Start the Gunicorn web server.

sudo gunicorn cabot.wsgi:application -b 0.0.0.0:80

Conclusion

You have now installed Cabot on your Ubuntu Server. Well done! Now you can keep an eye on your system's performance and receive alert notifications when something happens. Happy monitoring!

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