StatPing.ng is an open-source monitoring solution that can be used to track the status of your website or server. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing StatPing on NixOS Latest.
Before installing StatPing.ng, you should make sure that you have a few things in place. They are as follows:
To begin the installation process, it’s important to update the system. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
StatPing.ng needs to be installed via Git. Therefore, we need to install Git first. Run the command:
sudo apt install git
Once it’s installed, clone the repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/statping-ng/statping-ng.git
We need to install the dependencies required to run the StatPing.ng application. For this, we use Nix to install the required packages. Run the command:
nix-shell -p go gcc musl-dev openssl wget curl
Copy the example configuration file and create a new configuration file that we will be used to configure StatPing.ng:
cp example.config.toml config.toml
Edit the config.toml file to add your SMTP or Slack details for alerts. Also, set your desired preferred port for the application.
To run the application, navigate to the cloned directory and run the following command:
go run . serve
If everything runs smoothly, you can now access the StatPing.ng dashboard through your web browser. Congratulation on successfully installing StatPing.ng on NixOS!
In this tutorial, we guided you through the process of installing StatPing.ng on NixOS Latest. Now you can monitor your website or server’s status using StatPing.ng effortlessly.
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