How to install Alerta on NetBSD

Alerta is an open-source monitoring system that alerts you when something goes wrong in your application or infrastructure. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Alerta on NetBSD.

Step 1: Install Prerequisites

Before we can start installing Alerta, we need to ensure that we have all the necessary prerequisites installed.

Ensure that your NetBSD system is up-to-date by running the following command:

sudo pkgin update

Next, install the required packages using the following command:

sudo pkgin install python38 py38-pip git

Step 2: Install and Configure MongoDB

Alerta requires MongoDB as its backend datastore. Install MongoDB by running the following command:

sudo pkgin install mongodb

Next, start the MongoDB service with the following command:

sudo /usr/pkg/etc/rc.d/mongodb start

To check if the service is running correctly, run the following command:

sudo /usr/pkg/bin/mongod --version

Step 3: Install Alerta

With the prerequisites in place, we can now install Alerta. We will install it using pip.

First, clone the Alerta repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/alerta/alerta.git

Navigate to the Alerta directory:

cd alerta

Next, install Alerta using pip:

sudo pip install -e .

Step 4: Configure Alerta

We need to configure Alerta to use our MongoDB installation.

Navigate to the configuration directory:

cd /usr/pkg/etc/alerta/

Copy the default configuration file:

sudo cp alertad.conf.example alertad.conf

Open the configuration file:

sudo vi alertad.conf

Update the MongoDB configuration section with the following information:

DATABASE_URL = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/alerta' 

Save and close the configuration file.

Step 5: Start Alerta

Start Alerta with the following command:

sudo alertad

You should see a message indicating that Alerta is running.

Starting Alerta server on http://localhost:8080/api/

Step 6: Test Alerta

To test if Alerta is working correctly, open a new terminal and run the following command:

curl http://localhost:8080/healthcheck

You should receive a response that indicates that Alerta is running correctly.

{"status":"ok","environment":"production","version":"7.1.0","last_maintenance":"2021-07-14 11:02:07.204000","plugins":["reject","blackout","heartbeat","heartbeat2","statuschan","irc","logstash","opsgenie","pagerduty","pushover","slack","twilio","telegram","rocketchat","teams","victorops"],"alerts":{"total":0,"active":0,"blackout":null},"customers":[]}

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Alerta on your NetBSD system. You can now start configuring Alerta to monitor your infrastructure and applications.