How to install OMD on Elementary OS

OMD (Open Monitoring Distribution) is an open-source server monitoring software that provides monitoring and management of various aspects of your system. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install OMD on the latest version of Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you need to make sure that your system is up-to-date.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

OMD requires several dependencies to be installed before it can be installed. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:

sudo apt-get install wget apache2 libapache2-mod-proxy-html libboost-iostreams1.58.0 libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-serialization1.58.0 libboost-serialization-dev libboost-system1.58.0 libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-thread1.58.0 libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls libgcrypt20 libgnutls28 libjansson4 liblivemedia23 libmicrohttpd-dev libmicrohttpd10 libmod-gearman nmap openssl zlib1g zlib1g-dev apache2-utils bc fping gawk gettext graphviz imagemagick libboost-date-time-dev libdbi-dev libdbi0-dev libdns-export1000 libevent-2.0-5 libgd-dev libjson0-dev libldap2-dev libmcrypt-dev libmysqlclient-dev libmysqlclient18 libnet-ldap-perl libnginx-mod-http-perl libnspr4-dev libnss3-dev libopenipmi-dev libradiusclient-ng-dev librrd-dev librrds-perl libsmi2-dev libssl-dev libtokyocabinet-dev libtokyocabinet9 libxml2-dev lynx netcat nfs-common nmap openssl php php-cli php-gd php-ldap php-mcrypt php-pgsql php-soap postgresql-client snmp snmpd sshpass tshark unzip

Step 2: Download and Extract OMD

Next, we need to download the OMD package from the official website. Run the following command to download the package:

wget https://files.omdistro.org/releases/debian_ubuntu/omd-2.90.trusty.amd64.deb

Next, we need to install the downloaded package. Run the following command:

dpkg -i omd-2.90.trusty.amd64.deb

Step 3: Initialize a New Site

After the installation is complete, we need to initialize a new OMD site. Run the following command:

omd create mysite

This will create a new OMD site with the name "mysite."

Step 4: Start OMD and Access the Web Interface

Next, we need to start the OMD service using the following command:

omd start mysite

To access OMD's web interface, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/mysite/. This will open the OMD dashboard.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed OMD on Elementary OS.