How to Install Linux Dash on Manjaro

Linux Dash is a web-based dashboard application that allows you to monitor various system metrics of your server, such as CPU usage, RAM usage, disk usage, network activity and more. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Linux Dash on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before installing Linux Dashboard, you need to have the following:

• A basic understanding of the command line
• A Manjaro Linux distribution with sudo privileges
• A web browser to access the Linux Dash web interface

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies that Linux Dash requires. Open the terminal and type the following command:

sudo pacman -S git php php-cgi php-fpm lighttpd

This command will install the Git version control system, PHP interpreter and web server software required for Linux Dash to run.

Step 2: Clone the Linux Dash Repository

Now, let's clone the Linux Dash project from GitHub. Type the following command in the terminal:

sudo git clone https://github.com/afaqurk/linux-dash.git /var/www/linux-dash

This will download the Linux Dash project to the /var/www/linux-dash directory.

Step 3: Configure Web Server

Next, we need to configure the Lighttpd web server that will serve the Linux Dash web interface. Open the Lighttpd configuration file located at /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf using your favorite text editor. For example, using Nano:

sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Add the following code at the end of the file:

alias.url += ("/linux-dash" => "/var/www/linux-dash/public")
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/linux-dash" {
    cgi.assign = ("" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi")
}

This code configures Lighttpd to route requests to /linux-dash to the Linux Dash installation directory and execute the PHP scripts using the php-cgi interpreter.

Save and exit the file by pressing Ctrl + X, then Y, then Enter.

Step 4: Create a Systemd Service

To start and stop Linux Dash as a service, we need to create a new Systemd service. Open a new configuration file using your text editor:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/linux-dash.service

Add the following content into the file and save it:

[Unit]
Description=Linux Dash

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/php -S 0.0.0.0:8080 -t /var/www/linux-dash/public/
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

This code configures the Systemd service with the php interpreter to run Linux Dash on port 8080.

Step 5: Start and Enable the Service

Now we can start the Linux Dash service and enable it to automatically start on boot. Type the following commands to accomplish this:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start linux-dash
sudo systemctl enable linux-dash

Step 6: Open Linux Dash in a Browser

Finally, we can access the Linux Dash web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to:

http://<YOUR_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS>/linux-dash

Replace <YOUR_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS> with the IP address of your Manjaro server. Linux Dash should be up and running.

Conclusion

You have installed Linux Dash on Manjaro and configured the web server and service to start automatically.

You can now use Linux Dash dashboard to monitor various system metrics of your server.