How to Install Cabot on POP!_OS

Cabot is an open-source monitoring and alerting system designed to be easily setup and deployed in any environment. In this tutorial, we will go over the steps to install Cabot on POP!_OS, a popular Linux distribution based on Ubuntu.

Prerequisites

  • A machine running POP!_OS
  • sudo or root user access

Step 1: Install Python3 and pip3

Cabot requires Python version 3 or later to be installed. Most recent versions of POP!_OS come already with Python3 installed, but to verify, run:

python3 --version

If Python3 is not installed on your system, run the following commands to install it:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip -y

These commands will update your system and install Python3 along with pip3, a package manager for Python.

Step 2: Install Cabot

After Python3 and pip3 are installed, run the following command to install Cabot:

sudo pip3 install cabotapp

This command will download and install Cabot and its dependencies. This may take some time, depending on your internet speed.

Step 3: Initialize Cabot

After Cabot is installed, it needs to be initialized. To do this, run the following command from your terminal:

sudo su - cabot -s /bin/bash -c "cabot migrate && cabot createsuperuser"

This command will create a new user called "cabot" and initialize the database with the necessary tables, and then prompt you to create a superuser account.

Step 4: Run Cabot

Once Cabot is set up, you can run it with the following command:

sudo systemctl start cabot

This command will start the Cabot service. You can check if the service is running correctly by running:

sudo systemctl status cabot

If everything is working properly, you should see a message saying "Active: active (running)".

Conclusion

By now, you have learned how to install Cabot on POP!_OS via pip3 and have initialized a superuser account. You can now access and configure Cabot by opening your internet browser and navigating to http://localhost:5000.

Note that Cabot is not configured to run automatically on system startup. You may want to configure it to do so with the following command:

sudo systemctl enable cabot

That's it! Have fun monitoring your systems with Cabot.