How to Install Diamond on Elementary OS Latest

Diamond is a Python daemon that collects and publishes system metrics. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Diamond from GitHub on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, you will need:

• An Elementary OS Latest installation
• A terminal emulator
• Sudo access

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Diamond requires a few dependencies to be installed before it can be installed. Open up your terminal and type the following command to install these dependencies:

sudo apt install python-dev python-pip build-essential libffi-dev libssl-dev

Step 2: Clone the Diamond Git Repository

Next, we need to download the Diamond code from the GitHub repository. Type the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/python-diamond/Diamond.git

This will clone the Diamond repository into a new folder called Diamond.

Step 3: Install Diamond

Once you have the Diamond code, navigate to the code's directory using the following command:

cd Diamond/

Now we can use pip to install Diamond:

sudo pip install diamond

This will install Diamond to your system.

Step 4: Configure the Diamond Daemon

Diamond comes with a default configuration file, which you can use as a starting point. Navigate to the Diamond configuration folder using the following command:

cd /etc/diamond/

Copy the sample configuration file to create your own configuration file:

sudo cp diamond.conf.example diamond.conf

You can now edit the Diamond configuration file to collect data on your system.

Step 5: Start Diamond

You can start Diamond by typing the following command:

sudo initctl start diamond

Make sure you see output that Diamond has started successfully.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Diamond from GitHub on Elementary OS Latest. You can now start collecting system metrics with Diamond!