How to Install Facette on NetBSD

Facette is a modern, open-source, web-based time series data visualization and graphing software that makes data exploration very easy. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing Facette on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

To install Facette on NetBSD, you will need to have the following prerequisites:

• NetBSD installed and running
• Root access to the server

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

Facette has some dependencies that need to be installed first before it can be installed. To install these dependencies, run the following command:

pkgin install -y git cmake g++ libmagic

Step 2 - Clone Facette's Git repository

To clone the Facette repository, use the following command:

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

This command will clone the Facette repository to your current directory.

Step 3 - Compile Facette

To compile Facette, go to the directory where you cloned the Facette repository and run the following command:

cd facette && make && make install

This command will compile Facette and install it on your system.

Step 4 - Configure Facette

To configure Facette, edit the facette.ini file located in the /usr/local/etc/facette/ directory. In this file, define the listen parameter to specify the IP address and port number Facette should listen on.

Step 5 - Start Facette

To start Facette, run the following command:

/usr/local/bin/facette -c /usr/local/etc/facette/facette.ini

This command will start Facette with the configuration file you defined in step 4.

Conclusion

By following this tutorial, you have successfully installed Facette on NetBSD. Congratulations! You can now use Facette for your data visualization and graphing needs.