Installing Vigil Server on FreeBSD Latest

Vigil is a lightweight and flexible monitoring tool that can be used for various monitoring purposes. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Vigil Server on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

A FreeBSD Latest system with root privileges
A stable and reliable internet connection

Step 1: Install Rust

The first step is to install Rust programming language, which is required to build Vigil from source.

Run the following command to install Rustup, the Rust installer:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
After the installation is complete, open a new terminal, and run the following command to confirm that Rust is installed:
```
rustc --version
```
You should see the version of Rust installed on your system.

Step 2: Install Vigil Server

Run the following command to install the Vigil Server package from the Crates repository:
```
cargo install vigil-server
```
Wait for the installation to complete. Once the installation is complete, you will see a success message on the terminal.

Step 3: Configure Vigil Server

Create a new configuration file for Vigil Server by running the following command:
```
sudo mkdir /etc/vigil
sudo nano /etc/vigil/config.toml
```

Paste the following configuration into the file:

[http]
host = "127.0.0.1"
port = "3000"

[email]
enabled = false

[database]
path = "/var/lib/vigil/database.db"

[[service]]
name = "tutorial-service"
url = "http://localhost:8080"
interval = 10
timeout = 5
threshold = 3

Press Ctrl + X, then Y, and then Enter to save and close the file.

Step 4: Start Vigil Server

Run the following command to start Vigil Server:
```
vigil-server
```
After the command is executed, the Vigil Server is started, and you can access it by going to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Vigil Server on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use Vigil to monitor your services and applications.