How to Install Vigil on Void Linux

Vigil is a server that monitors and alerts you when a service goes down or has issues. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Vigil on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before installing Vigil, it is important to ensure that your system is up-to-date. To do this, run the following commands in your terminal:

sudo xbps-install -Su
sudo xbps-install -Syu

Installing Dependencies

Vigil requires the Rust programming language and the OpenSSL library to be installed in your system. If you do not have Rust and OpenSSL installed, you can install them by running the following command:

sudo xbps-install rust openssl-devel

Installing Vigil

Now that the dependencies are installed, you can download and install Vigil from the official repository on crates.io. To do this, run the following command:

cargo install vigil-server

Once the installation is complete, you can verify that Vigil is installed by running the following command:

vigil-server --version

Configuring and Running Vigil

Before running Vigil, you need to create a configuration file. You can create this file manually or use the provided example config file by running the following command:

vigil-server generate-config

This will create a config file named vigil.toml in your current directory.

Next, you can start Vigil by running the following command:

vigil-server --config <path/to/your/vigil.toml>

This will start Vigil and it will listen for incoming requests on the default port 8428.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install Vigil on Void Linux. Vigil is now ready to use and you can start monitoring your services. Happy monitoring!