How to Install cState on Ubuntu Server

cState is a lightweight website uptime monitoring software that helps you keep track of your website's availability and response time. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the steps required to install cState on Ubuntu Server.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu Server installed on a virtual machine or dedicated server
• Root or sudo access to the Ubuntu Server

Step 1 - Update Ubuntu Server

Before proceeding with the installation, we need to update the Ubuntu Server to ensure we have the latest available packages. We can do that by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Step 2 - Install Required Dependencies

cState is built using Python Flask framework and requires some dependencies to function correctly; we can install all required dependencies by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-dev python3-venv build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev -y

Step 3 - Create a Virtual Environment

We need to create a virtual environment to isolate cState's dependencies and to avoid conflicts with other Python packages installed on our system. We can do that by running the following commands:

mkdir ~/cstate
cd ~/cstate
python3 -m venv cstate-env
source cstate-env/bin/activate

Step 4 - Install cState

We are now ready to install cState on our Ubuntu Server. We can use pip to install cState by running the following command:

pip3 install cstate 

Step 5 - Configuring cState

The default configuration file for cState is located in ~/.config/cstate/config.toml. We can edit the file and change settings as required, like the website URL to monitor, the notification settings, and the check intervals. You can use your favorite terminal editor to modify the file, for example, nano or vim.

nano ~/.config/cstate/config.toml

Step 6 - Running cState

Now that we have cState installed and configured, we can start the monitoring service by running the following command:

cstate-run

If you want cState to run in the background, you can use a utility like screen or nohup.

Conclusion

cState is now installed and running on your Ubuntu Server, you can access the cState dashboard using your web browser on the specified URL in the config.toml file. From the dashboard, you can view your website's uptime/downtime information, response time, and error rate. You can also configure notifications options to receive alerts when your website is down or experiences errors.

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