How to install Monitorix on Debian 12

To Install Monitorix On Debian 12

Monitorix is a free, open-source, lightweight system monitoring system designed to monitor as many services and system resources as possible. It has been created for use with production Linux and UNIX servers but is also suitable for embedded devices due to its simplicity.

Installation Procedure:

Step 1: Check the OS version by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release:        12
Codename:       bookworm

Step 2: Check the IP by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: ens33: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0c:29:df:76:82 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp2s1
    inet 192.168.6.131/23 brd 192.168.7.255 scope global noprefixroute ens33
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fedf:7682/64 scope link noprefixroute
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Step 3: Update the APT repository Source List by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt update
Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.

Step 4: Install the Monitorix Package by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install monitorix -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-image-6.1.0-10-amd64
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libconfig-general-perl libdbi1 libemail-date-format-perl libhttp-server-simple-perl
  libmime-lite-perl libmime-types-perl librrd8 librrds-perl libxml-libxml-perl
  libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-sax-base-perl libxml-sax-expat-perl
  libxml-sax-perl libxml-simple-perl net-tools rrdtool
Suggested packages:
  default-mta | mail-transport-agent libmojolicious-perl libxml-sax-expatxs-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libconfig-general-perl libdbi1 libemail-date-format-perl libhttp-server-simple-perl
  libmime-lite-perl libmime-types-perl librrd8 librrds-perl libxml-libxml-perl
  libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-sax-base-perl libxml-sax-expat-perl
  libxml-sax-perl libxml-simple-perl monitorix net-tools rrdtool
0 upgraded, 17 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,102 kB of archives.
After this operation, 7,484 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libconfig-general-perl all 2.65-2 [71.8 kB]
Replacing config file /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini with new version
Setting up rrdtool (1.7.2-4+b8) ...
Setting up libxml-simple-perl (2.25-2) ...
Setting up monitorix (3.15.0-1) ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/monitorix.service → /lib/systemd/system/monitorix.service.
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u3) ...

Step 5: Restart the Monitorix service by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart monitorix

Step 6: Check the status of the Monitorix service by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl status monitorix
● monitorix.service - Monitorix
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/monitorix.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2023-10-24 02:09:44 IST; 8s ago
       Docs: man:monitorix(8)
    Process: 3905 ExecStart=/usr/bin/monitorix -c /etc/monitorix/monitorix.conf -p /run/m>
   Main PID: 3907 (/usr/bin/monito)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 3408)
     Memory: 22.3M
        CPU: 538ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/monitorix.service
             ├─3907 "/usr/bin/monitorix -c /etc/monitorix/monitorix.conf -p /run/monitori>
             └─3957 "monitorix-httpd listening on 8080"

Oct 24 02:09:43 linuxhelp systemd[1]: Starting monitorix.service - Monitorix...
Oct 24 02:09:44 linuxhelp systemd[1]: Started monitorix.service - Monitorix.

Step 7: Ping the Following address as shown in the below image Ping http://localhost:8080/monitorix

Step 8: This is the Dashboard of the Monitorix

Conclusion:

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to install Monitorix on Debian 12.Your feedback is much welcome.