How to Install Facette on POP! OS Latest

Facette is a web-based monitoring software that allows you to visualize and analyze time-series data. In this tutorial, we will provide step-by-step instructions on how to install Facette on POP! OS latest.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• POP! OS latest installed on your machine
• A sudo user account

Step 1: Install dependencies

The first step is to install the necessary dependencies for Facette:

sudo apt install -y wget gnupg
wget -q -O - https://apt.facette.io/facetteapt.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://apt.facette.io/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/facette.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y facette

Step 2: Configure Facette

The next step is to configure Facette. The configuration file can be found in /etc/facette/facette.ini. You can use any text editor to edit this file.

sudo nano /etc/facette/facette.ini

Update the allowed_origins parameter to list the domains that can access the Facette web interface.

allowed_origins = ["http://your-domain.com", "https://your-domain.com"]

Next, set a secure password for the Facette user by updating the hash parameter:

hash = "facette:your-password"

Step 3: Start Facette

The final step is to start the Facette service:

sudo systemctl start facette

Verify that the service is running correctly:

sudo systemctl status facette

If all goes well, you should see the following output:

● facette.service - Facette
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/facette.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-06-24 09:00:00 EDT; 1s ago
 Main PID: 12345 (facette)
    Tasks: 8 (limit: 9830)
   Memory: 25.7M
   CGroup: /system.slice/facette.service
           └─12345 /usr/bin/facette -c /etc/facette/facette.ini
    

Step 4: Access Facette web interface

Now that Facette is installed and running, you can access the web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to the following URL:

http://localhost:12003

You will be prompted to log in with the username facette and the password you set in Step 2.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Facette on POP! OS latest. Happy monitoring!