How to install Uptime Kuma on OpenSUSE Latest

Uptime Kuma is a free and open-source self-hosted monitoring solution that allows you to monitor your website, API, and servers. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Uptime Kuma on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you get started, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

  • A system running OpenSUSE Latest
  • A user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

To install Uptime Kuma on OpenSUSE, you need to have some dependencies installed on your server. Use the following command to install the required dependencies:

sudo zypper install curl git nodejs10 make gcc-c++

Step 2: Install PostgreSQL and Create a Database

Uptime Kuma uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. Use the following commands to install PostgreSQL on your OpenSUSE server:

sudo zypper install postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-contrib

After installing PostgreSQL, create a new PostgreSQL database for Uptime Kuma using the following command:

sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE uptime_kuma;"

Step 3: Install Uptime Kuma

Now, you can install Uptime Kuma using the following steps:

  1. Clone Uptime Kuma's GitHub repository using the following Git command:
git clone https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma.git
  1. Navigate to the Uptime Kuma directory using the following command:
cd uptime-kuma
  1. Install Uptime Kuma's dependencies using the following command:
npm install --production
  1. Copy the default configuration file and modify it to match your environment:
cp .env.example .env
  1. Edit the .env file and set the PostgreSQL database connection string:
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://<username>:<password>@localhost:5432/uptime_kuma
  1. Generate an application secret key using the following command:
node ace generate:key
  1. Set the application secret key in the .env file:
APP_KEY=<generated key>

Step 4: Start Uptime Kuma

Finally, you can start Uptime Kuma using the following command:

npm run start

Once it has started, Uptime Kuma should be accessible on http://localhost:3000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Uptime Kuma on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use Uptime Kuma to monitor your website, API, and servers.