How to Install Dashboard on Elementary OS Latest

Dashboard is a web-based dashboard application designed to provide a unified interface for monitoring metrics and logs on Linux-based systems. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Dashboard on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, make sure you have the following:

• A system running Elementary OS Latest
• A command-line interface (Terminal)
• A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Dashboard requires Node.js and NPM (Node Package Manager) to be installed on your system. You can install them using the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

Step 2: Clone the Repository

Now we need to clone the Dashboard repository from GitHub. Open the Terminal and run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/phntxx/dashboard.git

This will clone the repository into your current directory.

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Next, navigate into the cloned repository folder and run the following command to install the required dependencies:

cd dashboard
sudo npm install

This may take some time as NPM will download and install all the necessary packages.

Step 4: Configure the Dashboard

Before launching the Dashboard, you need to configure it by setting the required options. To do this, rename the config-example.js file to config.js and modify the settings to meet your requirements:

mv config-example.js config.js
nano config.js

Once you have made the required changes, save the file and exit the editor.

Step 5: Launch the Dashboard

To start the Dashboard, run the following command within the cloned repository folder:

npm run start

That's it! You can now access the Dashboard by visiting http://localhost:3000 using your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Dashboard on Elementary OS Latest. With Dashboard, you can quickly and easily monitor and manage your system's logs and metrics from a single, unified interface.