How to Install Cabot on Linux Mint Latest

Cabot is a free, open-source, self-hosted infrastructure monitoring platform that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing and monitoring services, systems, and applications. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Cabot on Linux Mint Latest.

Step 1: Update System

First, update the system and all installed packages to their latest stable version. Open a terminal and run the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Cabot requires Python 2.7, Git, and several Python packages to be installed on the system. To install these dependencies, run the following command on the terminal:

sudo apt install python python-pip python-dev git build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-setuptools

Once the installation is completed, verify the version of Python with the following command:

python --version

Step 3: Install Cabot

To install Cabot, clone the Cabot repository from GitHub using Git in the home directory:

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/arachnys/cabot.git

After cloning the repository, navigate to the Cabot directory:

cd cabot/

Now, use pip to install Cabot's requirements:

sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: Configure the Database

Cabot requires a PostgreSQL or MySQL database to be installed on the system. Here, we will use PostgreSQL as the database server.

To install PostgreSQL, run the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib

After installing PostgreSQL, create a new database and user:

sudo su - postgres
psql
CREATE DATABASE cabot;
CREATE USER cabotuser WITH PASSWORD 'cabotpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE cabot TO cabotuser;
\q
exit

Step 5: Configure the Settings

Copy the sample configuration file:

cp conf/development.env.example conf/development.env

Open the conf/development.env file in your preferred text editor:

nano conf/development.env

Enter the PostgreSQL database and user credentials:

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://cabotuser:cabotpassword@localhost/cabot

Step 6: Migrate the Database

Cabot uses Django as its web framework and database migrations are managed through Django's command-line utility.

To migrate the database, run the following command in the terminal:

python manage.py syncdb
python manage.py migrate

Step 7: Start Cabot

Finally, start the Cabot server using the following command:

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080

Now, you can visit the Cabot dashboard using your web browser by navigating to http://localhost:8080.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Cabot on Linux Mint Latest. You can now use Cabot to manage and monitor your infrastructure.