Cabot is an open-source self-hosted monitoring platform. In this tutorial, we're going to install Cabot on a NixOS latest server.
Firstly, update the package list and install the required packages.
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nix-env -i git python37
The next step is to install Cabot using git. Clone Cabot's git repository into /opt/.
sudo git clone https://github.com/arachnys/cabot.git /opt/cabot
Now we need to install the dependencies required by Cabot. The best way to do this is by using a virtual environment. Firstly, install virtualenv package.
sudo nix-env -i python37Packages.virtualenv
Create a virtual environment in our Cabot directory.
cd /opt/cabot
virtualenv venv
Activate your virtual environment.
source venv/bin/activate
Finally, install the dependencies by running the following command.
pip install -r requirements.txt
To configure Cabot, we need to create a configuration file. Follow the below steps to do so.
sudo cp conf/production.env.example conf/production.env
sudo sed -i "s/DEBUG=false/DEBUG=true/g" conf/production.env
This will create a new configuration file named production.env with DEBUG set to true.
To start Cabot, activate your virtual environment and run the following command.
source venv/bin/activate
PYTHONPATH=. python3 bin/cabot run
You can now access Cabot through your web browser. Type in your server's IP address or domain name followed by :5000 in your web browser.
http://<server-ip>:5000/
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Cabot on a NixOS latest server. Now you can monitor your systems and applications with Cabot.
If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!
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