How to install Bloonix on OpenSUSE Latest

Bloonix is an open-source infrastructure and network monitoring solution that helps you monitor your IT environment in real-time. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Bloonix on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

• OpenSUSE Latest instance running on your system.
• sudo privileges for the user.

Step 1: Update Package Manager

Update the package manager to the latest version using the following command:

sudo zypper update

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

Install the required dependencies for compiling the source code using the following command:

sudo zypper install gcc make pkgconf libcurl-devel libxml2-devel

Step 3: Download and extract Bloonix Archive

Download the latest version of Bloonix from the official website using the following command:

wget https://www.bloonix-monitoring.org/download/bloonix-0.22.1.tar.gz

Once downloaded, extract the archive using the following command:

tar -xvzf bloonix-0.22.1.tar.gz

Step 4: Compile and Install Bloonix

Change the directory to the extracted bloonix directory and compile the source code using the following commands:

cd bloonix-0.22.1
./configure
make
sudo make install

Step 5: Configure Bloonix

Create a new user and group for Bloonix:

sudo useradd --system --home-dir /spool/bloonix -user-group bloonix

Now copy the sample configuration files and create the Bloonix configuration directory:

sudo cp -R etc /etc/bloonix
sudo mkdir /var/lib/bloonix
sudo chown -R bloonix:bloonix /var/lib/bloonix

Step 6: Start Bloonix services

Start the Bloonix services and verify the status with the following commands:

sudo systemctl start bloonixd
sudo systemctl status bloonixd

Step 7: Access Bloonix Dashboard

Open the web browser and access the Bloonix dashboard by entering the URL http://<IP_address>:8081.

Conclusion

We have successfully installed Bloonix on OpenSUSE Latest instance. You can start monitoring the system by adding hosts and services on the Bloonix dashboard.