How to Install Cabot on Arch Linux

Cabot is an open-source, self-hosted monitoring platform that provides alerts for when things go wrong. In this tutorial, we will explain the process of how to install Cabot on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before installing Cabot, make sure your Arch Linux system meets the following requirements:

  • Python 2.7 or higher
  • pip package manager
  • PostgreSQL Database

If you have not already done so, you can install PostgreSQL by running the following command:

sudo pacman -S postgresql

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

To start with, we need to install some necessary dependencies on our Arch Linux system. Execute the following command to install them:

sudo pacman -S gcc git openssl postgresql-libs python2 python2-pip

Step 2: Clone Cabot Repository

Once the required dependencies are installed, we can proceed to clone the Cabot repository.

git clone https://github.com/arachnys/cabot.git
cd cabot

Step 3: Create Virtual Environment

Create a virtual environment to isolate our Python dependencies.

virtualenv -p python2 venv
source venv/bin/activate

Step 4: Install Required Packages

Install the required Python packages by running the following command.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 5: Configure Database Settings

We need to setup the database settings for Cabot. Open the configuration file and enter your PostgreSQL database details like hostname, username, password, and database name.

cp conf/production.env conf/env
nano env

Step 6: Run Database Migrations

To create necessary tables in the database, run the following commands:

python manage.py makemigrations cabotapp
python manage.py migrate

Step 7: Create Superuser

To create a superuser account, execute the following command.

python manage.py createsuperuser

Step 8: Start Cabot

Finally, start the Cabot service by running the following commands:

python manage.py runserver

Once the server is up, you can access Cabot on the web interface by accessing the following URL.

http://localhost:8000/

You can now start adding services, teams, and users to Cabot and begin using it to monitor your applications.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Cabot on your Arch Linux system. Cabot is now ready to be used for monitoring your applications and notifying you when things go wrong.