Cabot is an open-source, self-hosted monitoring platform that provides an interface to the monitoring tools you already use, such as Nagios or Zabbix.
Void Linux is a lightweight, rolling release Linux distribution that emphasizes minimalism, simplicity, and versatility. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the process of installing Cabot on Void Linux.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to install the necessary dependencies for Cabot using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S python3 python3-devel python3-pip python3-setuptools python-pyasn1-modules python-yaml python-flask python-pillow python-redis python-daemon python-requests python-jinja2
This command will install all the necessary dependencies for Cabot.
Once the dependencies are installed, we can install Cabot using pip. Run the following command:
sudo pip3 install cabot
This will download and install the latest version of Cabot.
The next step is to configure Cabot. Cabot uses MySQL as its database backend, so we need to install and configure MySQL first.
To install MySQL on Void Linux, run the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S mariadb
Once installed, start MySQL using the following command:
sudo service mysql start
Next, run the following command to secure your MySQL installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This command will ask a series of questions to set the root password and secure other aspects of your MySQL installation.
Next, we need to create a MySQL database for Cabot. To do this, log in to your MySQL installation as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password you just set when prompted.
Next, create a database for Cabot using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE cabot_db;
Create a user for Cabot to use with the following command:
CREATE USER 'cabot_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
Finally, grant the user access to the Cabot database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cabot_db.* TO 'cabot_user'@'localhost';
Flush the privileges to apply these changes:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Open the Cabot configuration file located at /etc/cabot/conf/production.env in your preferred text editor:
sudo nano /etc/cabot/conf/production.env
Update the following lines in the file with the appropriate values:
DATABASE_URL=mysql+pymysql://cabot_user:yourpassword@localhost:3306/cabot_db
DEBUG=False
SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key
DATABASE_URL should be updated with the user and password you just created for the Cabot database.
SECRET_KEY can be any random string.
Next, run the following command to create a superuser for Cabot:
cabotctl createsuperuser
This command will prompt you for a username, email, and password for the superuser.
Finally, start Cabot using the following command:
sudo systemctl start cabot
Cabot should now be accessible at http://localhost:5000/.
In this tutorial, we have installed and configured Cabot on Void Linux. Cabot is now ready to be used to monitor your systems and services. Happy monitoring!
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