Gatus is a simple and easy-to-use web service to monitor health checks of various systems. It provides insight into critical services or applications that require monitoring. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Gatus on Windows 11.
Prerequisites
- Windows 11 installed on your machine
- Git installed on your machine
- Node.js installed on your machine
Steps to Follow
- Open your web browser and go to the Gatus repository link https://github.com/TwiN/gatus
- On the main page, click on the "Code" button and copy the repository URL by clicking on the "Copy" button.
- Open a command prompt or PowerShell window on your Windows 11 machine.
- Navigate to the directory where you want to install Gatus using the following command:
cd path/to/your/directory
- Clone the Gatus repository from GitHub using the repository URL that you copied earlier. Use the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/TwiN/gatus.git
- After the repository has been cloned to your local machine, navigate to the Gatus directory using the following command:
cd gatus
- Install the required dependencies using the following command:
npm install
- After the installation process has completed successfully, start Gatus using the following command:
npm start
- Once Gatus is running, open your web browser and go to the following URL to access the Gatus dashboard:
http://localhost:3000/
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gatus on your Windows 11 machine. You can now use Gatus to monitor health checks of various systems.
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