How to Install Dashdot on OpenBSD

Dashdot is a web application that displays real-time monitoring of Linux and Unix systems. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Dashdot on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation, you need to have the following prerequisites:

OpenBSD installed on your machine
wget installed

Installation Process

Follow the steps below to install Dashdot on OpenBSD:

Step 1: Download the Dashdot source code

Open the terminal on your OpenBSD machine
Use the wget command to download the Dashdot source code from Github
```
wget https://github.com/MauriceNino/dashdot/archive/master.zip
```

Step 2: Unzip the Dashdot source code

Use the unzip command to extract the source code from the downloaded zip file
```
unzip master.zip
```
This will create a folder named dashdot-master.

Step 3: Install Flask and its dependencies

Use the pkg_add command to install Flask dependencies:
```
pkg_add python3 py3-pip
```
This command will install Python3 and pip on your OpenBSD machine.
Use pip to install Flask:
```
pip install flask
```

Step 4: Start the Dashdot application

Navigate to the dashdot-master directory:
```
cd dashdot-master
```
Run the following command to start the Dashdot application:
```
python3 app.py
```
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000 to access the Dashdot application.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Dashdot on OpenBSD. You can now monitor Unix and Linux systems in real-time using the Dashdot application.