Installing OpenTSDB on Pop!_OS

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install OpenTSDB on the latest version of Pop!_OS. OpenTSDB is a distributed, scalable Time Series Database that stores large amounts of data over time. It is a free, open-source tool that is built on top of Apache HBase.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you will need:

• A machine running Pop!_OS with sudo privileges
• Java 7 or newer installed on your machine
• HBase distributed filesystem installed on your machine

Step 1: Install Java on your machine

Open a terminal on your machine and run the following command to install Java:

sudo apt-get install default-jre -y 

After the installation process is complete, verify the installation by running the following command:

java -version 

This command should display the version of Java that you installed.

Step 2: Install Hadoop HBase on your machine

Before installing OpenTSDB, we need to install Hadoop HBase on the machine. OpenTSDB relies on HBase for its storage. Run the following command to install the required dependencies for HBase:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y gnupg2 software-properties-common wget curl dirmngr 

Next, add the Apache HBase repository to your system by running the following commands:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 0C49F3730359A14518585931BC711F9BA15703C6 

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/stable-2.3/ /' 

sudo apt-get update 

After updating the repositories, run the following command to install Hadoop HBase on your machine:

sudo apt-get install -y hbase 

Step 3: Download and install OpenTSDB

Now, we can download and install OpenTSDB on our machine.

Firstly, create a new directory where we will download OpenTSDB:

mkdir /tmp/opentsdb 

Once you have downloaded the package, extract it to the directory you just created:

cd /tmp/opentsdb 

wget https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases/download/v2.4.1/opentsdb-2.4.1.tar.gz 

tar xvf opentsdb-2.4.1.tar.gz 

cd opentsdb-2.4.1 

Configure OpenTSDB by running the following command:

./configure 

After the configuration process is complete, run the following command to build OpenTSDB:

make 

Finally, run the following command to install OpenTSDB:

sudo make install 

Step 4: Configure OpenTSDB

Once you have installed OpenTSDB, you need to configure it properly.

Firstly, create the required directories:

mkdir /etc/opentsdb && mkdir /var/log/opentsdb 

Next, create a configuration file for OpenTSDB:

sudo nano /etc/opentsdb/opentsdb.conf 

Add the following lines in the configuration file:

tsd.core.auto_create_metrics = true 

tsd.storage.enable_compaction = true 

tsd.storage.hbase.zk_quorum = localhost:2181 

tsd.network.port = 4242 

tsd.http.staticroot = /usr/local/share/opentsdb/static 

tsd.http.cachedir = /tmp/opentsdb 

Save the file and exit.

Step 5: Start OpenTSDB

After you have configured OpenTSDB, you can start it by running the following command:

sudo /usr/local/share/opentsdb/bin/tsdb tsd --config=/etc/opentsdb/opentsdb.conf 

This command will start the OpenTSDB daemon.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured OpenTSDB on your Pop!_OS machine. You can use OpenTSDB to store and analyze large amounts of time-series data.