How to Install PhpSysInfo on Arch Linux

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of PhpSysInfo, an open-source tool that displays system information in a user-friendly way. This tool can help users monitor the health of their Linux systems easily.

Requirements

Before installing PhpSysInfo on your Arch Linux system, ensure these requirements exist:

  • A running instance of Arch Linux
  • A shell terminal
  • A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Update Arch Linux Package Database

Ensure your Arch Linux package database is up-to-date by running this command:

sudo pacman -Sy

This command fetches updated package information from the Arch Linux servers.

Step 2: Install PHP and Apache HTTP Server

PhpSysInfo requires both PHP and Apache HTTP Server to function correctly. To install these packages, run:

sudo pacman -S php
sudo pacman -S apache

This command installs Apache and PHP on your system. Following that, start and enable Apache to run automatically on system boot using the commands:

sudo systemctl start httpd.service
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service

Step 3: Configure PHP and Apache for PhpSysInfo

Having installed Apache and PHP, it’s essential to make configurations suitable for PhpSysInfo to work optimally. In this step, we will create a subdirectory in Apache's default document root (/srv/http) named phpsysinfo.

sudo mkdir /srv/http/phpsysinfo

Next, we will create a Virtual host for the subdirectory created. Virtual hosts help separate websites or web applications on the same server. Run:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Find the last line of the text document and add the below content:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot "/srv/http/phpsysinfo"
  ServerName localhost.localdomain
  <Directory "/srv/http/phpsysinfo">
    Options None
    Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and exit the file.

For changes to take effect, restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

Step 4: Download and Install PhpSysInfo

At this point, we’ve created subdirectory phpsysinfo and a virtual host in Apache's configuration.

Using Linux wget command, we can download the latest PhpSysInfo version from Github:

wget https://github.com/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo/archive/refs/tags/v3.3.0.tar.gz -O - | tar xzf -

Extract the contents of the downloaded tar archive file and save them to the document root directory for the webserver:

sudo cp -r phpsysinfo-3.3.0/. /srv/http/phpsysinfo

Provide Apache with read permissions to the files extracted:

sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/phpsysinfo

Step 5: Access PhpSysInfo

Open a web browser and enter below URL in the search bar:

http://localhost/phpsysinfo

If everything worked as expected, the PhpSysInfo web page equivalent to the below screenshot should come up.

PhpSysInfo

That's it! You've successfully installed and configured PhpSysInfo on your Arch Linux system; it now enables monitoring of your system.