How to Install Facette on macOS

Facette is a web application for visualizing time series data. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Facette on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we begin the installation process, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• An internet connection
• A macOS operating system
• A terminal application
• Homebrew (a package manager for macOS)

You can install Homebrew by running the below command in the terminal:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Installation Steps

Now that you have the prerequisites in place, you can begin the installation process:

1. Open the terminal application and run the following command to update Homebrew:

brew update

2. Next, we will install the dependencies required for Facette. To do this, run the following commands one by one:

brew install nginx --with-http_ssl_module --with-geoip
brew install influxdb
brew install golang

3. After that, we will proceed to install Facette by running the below command:

brew install facette

4. Once the installation is complete, you need to configure the Nginx web server to work with Facette. To do this, follow the below steps:

   • Navigate to the Nginx configuration directory using the below command:

     cd /usr/local/etc/nginx

   • Open the nginx.conf file using any text editor:

     sudo nano nginx.conf

   • Add the below text at the end of the file:

     location /facette/ {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:12003/;
            proxy_redirect off;
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
     }
     

   • Save and close the file.

5. Once the Nginx configuration is set, we can start the Facette and Nginx services.

   • Start the Facette service using the below command:

     brew services start facette

   • Start the Nginx service using the below command:

     brew services start nginx

6. Finally, you can access Facette in your web browser by visiting the below URL:

   http://localhost/facette/

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Facette on macOS! Now you can visualize your time series data with Facette.

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