How to Install Facette on FreeBSD Latest

Facette is an open-source visualisation tool for time series databases, which allows you to monitor and analyze data in real-time. In this tutorial, we will be going through the process of installing Facette on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

We will assume that FreeBSD Latest is installed and running on your computer or server. You will also need to have administrative access.

Install Dependencies

Before we can start the installation of Facette, we need to install the dependencies that it requires. Run the following command in your terminal:

sudo pkg install -y wget git gmake gcc autoconf automake libtool bison flex

Clone the Repository

Next, navigate to the directory where you want to install Facette and clone the repository:

cd /opt
sudo git clone https://github.com/facette/facette.git

This will create a directory called "facette" in the "/opt" directory.

Build and Install Facette

Next, we need to build and install Facette. Navigate to the "facette" directory and run the following commands:

cd facette
sudo ./autogen.sh
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Create a Facette User

Facette runs as an unprivileged user "facette". In order to create this user, run the following command:

sudo pw useradd facette -s /sbin/nologin -d /usr/local/facette

Configure Facette

Now that we have installed Facette, we need to configure it. Copy the default configuration file to the Facette directory:

sudo cp contrib/facette.conf.sample /usr/local/facette/facette.conf

Change the owner of the Facette directory and files:

sudo chown -R facette /usr/local/facette/

Start Facette

Finally, we can start Facette by running the following command:

sudo -u facette /usr/local/bin/facette -c /usr/local/facette/facette.conf

Access Facette

Once Facette is running, you can open a web browser and access it by typing http://localhost:12003 in the address bar. If you want to access Facette from a remote machine, replace "localhost" with the IP address of the server running Facette.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Facette on FreeBSD Latest! You can now use Facette to monitor and analyse time series data.