How to Install pyDash on Manjaro

PyDash is an open-source web-based dashboard tool for monitoring and analyzing performance statistics of a Linux server or workstation. In this tutorial, we will go over the steps to install pyDash on a Manjaro system.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that your Manjaro system is up to date, and you have administrative privileges to install software packages.

Install Dependencies

PyDash requires Python 2.7 or Python 3.4+ and pip to be installed on the system. To install these packages, run the following commands in the terminal:

sudo pacman -Syu python python-pip

Install pyDash

Once Python and pip are installed, you can install pyDash by executing the following command in the terminal:

sudo pip install pydash

After the installation is finished, you can verify the installation by running the following command:

pydash --version

If pyDash is installed correctly, you should see the version number displayed on the terminal.

Configure pyDash

By default, pyDash listens to local connections only, so to allow it to accept connections from remote clients, you need to edit the pyDash configuration file /etc/pydash.cfg.

To edit the configuration file, open it with your favorite text editor:

sudo nano /etc/pydash.cfg

Then, find the line that sets the server_ip parameter, and replace the default value 127.0.0.1 with 0.0.0.0:

server_ip = 0.0.0.0

Save and close the file.

Start pyDash

Finally, start pyDash by running the following command in the terminal:

pydash

If everything is configured correctly, you can access the pyDash web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://your-server-ip:8080. Replace your-server-ip with the IP address of your Manjaro system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install pyDash on a Manjaro system using pip. After installing, we also configured pyDash to accept remote connections and started the pyDash web interface.