In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps of installing Alerta on macOS. Alerta is an open-source monitoring tool that helps organizations to monitor and manage their IT infrastructure.
Homebrew is a package manager for macOS, which makes installing software easier. If you do not have it installed, visit https://brew.sh/ and follow the installation instructions.
Alerta requires Python3 to run. To install Python3 using Homebrew, open the Terminal application and execute the following command:
brew install python3
To install the Alerta API Server, execute the following command in Terminal:
pip3 install alerta-server
Create a configuration file in your home directory:
mkdir ~/.alerta
touch ~/.alerta/alertad.conf
Open the configuration file and add the following lines:
[DEFAULT]
endpoint = http://localhost:8080/api
key = demo-key
To start the Alerta API Server, execute the following command in Terminal:
alertad run
The Alerta API Server should now be up and running on your machine. You can access it by visiting http://localhost:8080/api.
To install the Alerta Web UI, execute the following command in Terminal:
pip3 install alerta-web
Then, create a configuration file in your home directory:
touch ~/.alerta/alerta-web.conf
Open the configuration file and add the following lines:
[DEFAULT]
web_host = localhost
web_port = 8080
static_path = ~/alerta-web/static
To start the Alerta Web UI, execute the following command in Terminal:
alerta-web
The Alerta Web UI should now be up and running on your machine. You can access it by visiting http://localhost:8080.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Alerta on macOS. You can now monitor and manage your IT infrastructure using this powerful open-source tool.
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