Installing Facette on OpenBSD

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Facette on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before beginning, ensure that your OpenBSD system is up-to-date with the latest security patches and software updates.

You should also have root or superuser privileges on your system.

Installation Steps

1. Open a terminal window on your OpenBSD system.

2. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:

   $ doas pkg_add cairo sqlite3 libpng libjpeg-turbo libyaml
   

3. Download the latest version of Facette from http://facette.io/download/.

4. Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

   $ tar -xvf facette-<version>.tar.gz
   

   Replace <version> with the version number of the Facette release you downloaded.

5. Change into the extracted Facette directory:

   $ cd facette-<version>
   

6. Run the build.sh script to build Facette from source:

   $ doas sh build.sh
   

7. Once the build process completes, run the following command to install Facette to the system:

   $ doas make install
   

8. Facette should now be installed on your OpenBSD system.

Running Facette

To start Facette, run the following command:

$ doas rcctl start facette

You can then access the Facette web interface by navigating to http://localhost:12003/ using your web browser.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Facette on your OpenBSD system. You can now use it to monitor and visualize data from various sources.