Open a terminal on your Ubuntu server and update the system to ensure that you have the latest packages and dependencies:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
GlitchTip requires a MongoDB database to store its data. Install the latest version of MongoDB by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb
After installation, start the MongoDB service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start mongodb
There are different ways to install GlitchTip on Ubuntu server.
If you have pip installed, you can install GlitchTip by running the following command:
sudo pip install glt
If you prefer running GlitchTip in a Docker container, you can follow these steps:
sudo apt-get install docker-ce
sudo docker pull gltapp/glt:latest
sudo docker run -d -p 8080:80 gltapp/glt
This command creates a new container and maps the container port 80 to the host port 8080.
After installation, you need to configure GlitchTip by setting up your email and other parameters.
sudo cp /etc/glt.conf.sample /etc/glt.conf
/etc/glt.conf using your preferred text editor:sudo nano /etc/glt.conf
This will open the configuration file in nano text editor. You need to set the following parameters:
host: the hostname or IP address of your server.port: the port number that GlitchTip listens on (the default is 80).email_use_tls: set it to true if your email server requires TLS/SSL.email_host: the hostname or IP address of your email server.email_port: the port number of your email server (the default is 25).email_username: your email username.email_password: your email password.Ctrl + X and then Y.After you've configured GlitchTip, start it by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start glt
You can check the GlitchTip logs by running the following command:
sudo tail -f /var/log/glt.log
In this tutorial, you learned how to install GlitchTip on Ubuntu server, configure it, and start it. Now you can monitor your application errors and exceptions easily with GlitchTip.
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