How to Install Freeboard on Fedora Server Latest

Freeboard is an open-source web-based dashboard creation tool. It allows users to create customized dashboards with various widgets and data sources. In this tutorial, we will be learning how to install Freeboard on Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • A running Fedora Server Latest instance
  • Root or sudo privileges
  • Basic knowledge of Linux commands

Step 1: Install Git

Freeboard is hosted on GitHub, therefore, we need to install Git to clone the repository. To install Git, run the following command:

$ sudo dnf install git

Step 2: Clone Freeboard Repository

After installing Git, clone the Freeboard repository to your server. Run the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/Freeboard/freeboard.git

Step 3: Install Node.js

Freeboard uses Node.js for running its server. To install Node.js, follow these steps:

  1. First, add the Node.js repository to your server:
$ sudo dnf install https://rpm.nodesource.com/pub_14.x/fc/34/x86_64/nodesource-release-fc34-1.noarch.rpm
  1. Install Node.js:
$ sudo dnf install nodejs

Step 4: Install Dependencies

Next, navigate to the Freeboard directory and install the necessary dependencies using the following command:

$ cd freeboard
$ npm install

Step 5: Run Freeboard

Finally, we can run Freeboard using the following command:

$ npm start

Now, open your web browser and visit http://localhost:3000 to access the Freeboard dashboard.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Freeboard on Fedora Server Latest. We started by installing Git, cloning the Freeboard repository, installing Node.js, installing dependencies, and finally running Freeboard. With the steps mentioned above, you should now be able to create customized dashboards using Freeboard.