Facette is a free and open-source software for visualizing time series data, which comes with a clean interface and powerful features for analyzing and presenting metrics. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Facette on Ubuntu Server Latest using the command line.
Before we start, make sure that your Ubuntu Server is up-to-date by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Also, you need to have sudo privileges on the Ubuntu server and Apache web server installed on your system.
To install Facette, we first need to install some dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt install build-essential curl git-core libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev bubblewrap
This will install the necessary packages to build and run Facette.
Facette is written in Go language, so we need to install Go on our system. Run the following command to download the latest version of Go:
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.16.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Next, extract the downloaded archive to the /usr/local directory:
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.16.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Now, set the environment variables for Go by editing the /etc/profile file:
sudo nano /etc/profile
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
Save the file and exit. Then, run the following command to apply the changes:
source /etc/profile
Now, we need to clone the Facette repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/facette/facette.git
This will download the latest version of Facette to your system.
Change your current directory to the cloned repository:
cd facette
Run the following command to build and install Facette:
make install
This will download and install all the necessary dependencies and compile the Facette binary. The binary file will be located in the /usr/local/bin directory.
Next, we need to configure Apache web server to serve Facette. Create a new virtual host configuration file for Facette:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/facette.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/share/facette/www
ProxyPass /api http://127.0.0.1:12003/api
ProxyPassReverse /api/ http://127.0.0.1:12003/api/
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace example.com with your domain name or IP address.
Enable the new virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite facette.conf
Restart Apache web server:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Modify the Facette configuration file located in the /etc/facette/facette.conf directory:
sudo nano /etc/facette/facette.conf
Change the following lines:
listen = "127.0.0.1:12003"
To:
listen = ":12003"
Save the file and exit.
Finally, start the Facette service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start facette.service
You have successfully installed Facette on Ubuntu Server Latest! You can access Facette by visiting http://example.com (replace example.com with your domain name or IP address) in a web browser.
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