Install Observium on Debian/Ubuntu
29#Observium #NetworkMonitor #Linux
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What is Observium?
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Observium is a low-maintenance auto-discovering network monitoring platform supporting a wide range of device types, platforms and operating systems...- https://www.observium.org/
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Installing Observium
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01. Log into the Linux device
02. Run the following commands in a terminal window
install prerequisites
sudo apt install libapache2-mod-php7.3 php7.3-cli php7.3-mysql php7.3-gd php7.3-json php-pear snmp fping mariadb-server mariadb-client python-mysqldb rrdtool subversion whois mtr-tiny ipmitool graphviz imagemagick apache2 -y
create a directory for observium
sudo mkdir -p /opt/observium
download latest observium release
sudo wget http://www.observium.org/observium-co...
sudo tar zxvf observium-community-latest.tar.gz --directory /opt
configure the MySQL database
sudo su
mysql_secure_installation
03. Press Enter to login as root
04. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
05. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
06. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
07. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
08. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
09. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
10. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
11. Run the following commands to create the Observium database and database user
CREATE DATABASE observium DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
GRANT ALL ON observium.* to 'observium_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '0b5erv1um!!';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
exit
12. Continue with the following commands
sudo cp /opt/observium/config.php.default /opt/observium/config.php
sudo nano /opt/observium/config.php
13. Update the MySQL connection information
14. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to config.php
15. Continue with the following commands
create the database objects
/opt/observium/discovery.php -u
create the logs directory
sudo mkdir -p /opt/observium/logs
create RRDs directory
sudo mkdir /opt/observium/rrd
sudo chown www-data:www-data /opt/observium/rrd
create observium apache2 configuration
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/observium.conf
16. Paste the following configuration
Listen 8001
≪VirtualHost *:8001≫
DocumentRoot /opt/observium/html
≪Directory /≫
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
Require all granted
≪/Directory≫
≪/VirtualHost≫
17. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to observium.conf
18. Continue with the following commands
enable required apache modules
sudo a2enmod rewrite
enable the observium site
sudo a2ensite observium
restart apache2 service
sudo systemctl restart apache2
create an admin user account
/opt/observium/adduser.php i12bretro supersecurepw 10
19. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8001
20. Log into Observium with the user created above
21. Welcome to Observium
Source: https://docs.observium.org/install_de...
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