Linux Dash is a system monitoring dashboard that provides easy-to-use web interface for viewing live system statistics, such as CPU usage, memory usage, network traffic and more. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Linux Dash on NixOS Latest.
Before installing Linux Dash, make sure your NixOS system is up-to-date by running the following command:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
Before installing Linux Dash, you need to have Node.js and NPM (Node Package Manager) installed on your system. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.nodejs-14_x
This command will install Node.js version 14.x on your system, which is recommended for Linux Dash.
Next, you need to download the Linux Dash source code from GitHub. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/afaqurk/linux-dash.git /opt/linux-dash
This command will download the Linux Dash source code from GitHub and store it in the /opt/linux-dash directory.
Before you can start using Linux Dash, you need to install its dependencies. Navigate to the Linux Dash directory by running the following command:
cd /opt/linux-dash
Then, install the dependencies by running the following command:
sudo npm install --production
This command will install all the required dependencies for Linux Dash.
To configure Linux Dash, you need to copy the example configuration file to the actual configuration file by running the following command:
sudo cp linux-dash-config.example.json linux-dash-config.json
Then, open the configuration file in your favorite text editor:
sudo nano linux-dash-config.json
You can modify the configuration file according to your needs. For example, you can change the default port (8080) to a custom port (e.g., 9090) by changing the following line:
"port": "8080"
to:
"port": "9090"
Finally, you can start Linux Dash by running the following command:
sudo node linux-dash-server.js &
This command will start Linux Dash in the background and print its process ID (PID).
Now that you have Linux Dash running, you can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080 (replace "8080" with your custom port if you changed it in the configuration file). You should see the Linux Dash dashboard, displaying live system statistics.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Linux Dash on NixOS Latest. You can now use Linux Dash to monitor your system in real-time.
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