How to Install Alerta on EndeavourOS Latest

Alerta is an open-source monitoring tool that helps you keep track of system events and alerts. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Alerta on your EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you proceed with the installation of Alerta, make sure you have the following:

• A fully updated EndeavourOS Latest installation
• A sudo user account on your EndeavourOS Latest system

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

First, you need to install some required packages on your EndeavourOS Latest system.

To do so, open the terminal and enter the following command:

sudo pacman -S python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel mongod

The above command will install Python-pip, Python-setuptools, Python-wheel, and MongoDB on your system.

Step 2: Install Alerta

In this step, you will install the Alerta monitoring tool on your EndeavourOS Latest system.

To install Alerta, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo pip install alerta-server alerta-cli

This command installs Alerta-Server and Alerta-CLI on your system.

Step 3: Configure MongoDB

In this step, you will configure MongoDB with Alerta.

To do so, create a new MongoDB user and database for Alerta. You can do this by running the following commands:

mongo

use alerta

db.createUser( { user: "alerta", pwd: "password", roles: [ { role: "readWrite", db: "alerta" } ] } )

exit

After creating the Alerta user and database in MongoDB, you need to configure Alerta to use the MongoDB database.

To do so, edit the Alerta configuration file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/alertad.conf

Add the following lines to the configuration file:

DATABASE_URL = 'mongodb://alerta:password@localhost:27017/alerta'
DATABASE_NAME = 'alerta'

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Start Alerta

In this step, you will start the Alerta service.

To start Alerta, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo systemctl start alertad.service

You can check the status of the Alerta service by running the following command:

sudo systemctl status alertad.service

If everything is working correctly, you should see the following output:

● alertad.service - Alerta daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/alertad.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-08-05 12:25:25 IST; 3s ago
   Main PID: 10943 (alertad)
      Tasks: 10 (limit: 23502)
     Memory: 22.2M
        CPU: 197ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/alertad.service
                     

Step 5: Access Alerta Web Interface

In this step, you will access the Alerta web interface.

To access the Alerta web interface, open your web browser and enter the following URL:

http://localhost:8080

You should see the Alerta login screen. Log in using the default credentials:

Username: admin

Password: admin

After logging in, you will see the Alerta dashboard.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Alerta on your EndeavourOS Latest system.