How to Install Cabot on macOS

Cabot is an open-source and self-hosted monitoring and alerting software that can help you track the performance of your applications, websites, and services. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Cabot on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before installing Cabot, make sure your macOS environment meets the following requirements:

  • Python version 3.5+ and pip package manager
  • git command-line tool
  • Redis in-memory database software
  • PostgreSQL relational database management system

Install Cabot

Follow the below steps to install Cabot on your macOS:

  1. Clone Cabot repository from Github.

    git clone https://github.com/cabotapp/cabot.git

  2. Change the directory to the newly-cloned Cabot folder.

    cd cabot/

  3. Install the required dependencies using pip.

    pip install -r requirements.txt

  4. Create a local.py settings file by duplicating the conf/defaults.py file.

    cp conf/defaults.py conf/local.py

  5. Open the local.py file and replace the following variables with your preferred settings:

    • SECRET_KEY - generate a new secret key using the Django Secret Key Generator website or command-line tool.
    • DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_NAME, and DATABASE_PASSWORD - create a new PostgreSQL database and user with the same name and password.
    • REDIS_LOCATION - use the default Redis configuration on localhost.
    • EMAIL_* - configure your SMTP email server settings.
    • SLACK_* - configure your Slack Webhook URL settings.

  6. Create the initial database tables and a default superuser account.

    python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser

  7. Start the Cabot server and background worker processes.

    python manage.py runserver 8000
celery -A cabot worker -B -l info

  8. Open your web browser and visit http://localhost:8000/ to see the Cabot login page. Enter your superuser credentials to access the Cabot dashboard.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Cabot on your macOS. You can now configure your monitoring checks, alerts, and notification channels.