Installing pyDash on Linux Mint

Introduction

pyDash is a great tool that helps you monitor your Linux server using a web-based dashboard. In this tutorial, we'll be going over how to install pyDash on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure that you have the following:

• A Linux Mint system
• Python 2 installed
• pip installed

Step 1: Installing necessary dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies. Open up your terminal and type the following command:

sudo apt-get install bmon -y

This will install the bmon package, which is necessary for pyDash.

Step 2: Installing pyDash

Next, we need to install pyDash itself. To do so, we'll be using pip. Open up your terminal and type the following command:

pip install pydash

This will install pyDash on your system.

Step 3: Running pyDash

Now that we have pyDash installed, we can start using it. To run pyDash, enter the following command in your terminal:

sudo pydash

This will start the pyDash server, and you can access the dashboard by opening up your web browser and going to http://localhost:5000.

Conclusion

That’s it! You have successfully installed pyDash on your Linux Mint system. You can now monitor your system using the web dashboard.