How to Install Linux Dash on Rocky Linux 9.2

To Install Linux-Dash On Rocky Linux 9.2

Introduction:

Linux-Dash is an open-source web-based server monitoring tool for Linux machines. This tool will display system properties such as CPU load, logged-in users, RAM usage, disk usage, Internet speed, network connections, RX/TX bandwidth, running processes, etc.

Installation Steps:

Step1: Check the OS Version by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="9.2 (Blue Onyx)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="9.2"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 9.2 (Blue Onyx)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:9::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
SUPPORT_END="2032-05-31"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky-Linux-9"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.2"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.2"

Step 2: Install the Dependencies that are required for Linux dash application by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# yum install httpd httpd-tools php php-xml php-common php-json
Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:16 ago on Thursday 07 September 2023 02:28:32 AM.
Dependencies resolved.
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 Package                        Architecture        Version                        Repository              Size
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Installing:
 httpd                          x86_64              2.4.53-11.el9_2.5              appstream               47 k
 httpd-tools                    x86_64              2.4.53-11.el9_2.5              appstream               81 k
94 k

 apr-util-bdb                   x86_64              1.6.1-20.el9_2.1               appstream               12 k
 httpd-core                     x86_64              2.4.53-11.el9_2.5              appstream              1.4 M
Installing weak dependencies:
 apr-util-openssl               x86_64              1.6.1-20.el9_2.1               appstream               14 k
 mod_http2                      x86_64              1.15.19-4.el9_2.4              appstream              149 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================================================
Install  20 Packages

Total download size: 8.5 M
Installed size: 41 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/20): rocky-logos-httpd-90.14-1.el9.noarch.rpm                                 92 kB/s |  24 kB     00:00    
(2/20): httpd-2.4.53-11.el9_2.5.x86_64.rpm                                      661 kB/s |  47 kB     00:00    
(8/20): nginx-filesystem-1.20.1-14.el9.noarch.rpm                               231 kB/s |  10 kB     00:00    
(9/20): apr-util-1.6.1-20.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm                                    1.0 MB/s |  94 kB     00:00    
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Total                                                                           3.7 MB/s | 8.5 MB     00:02     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : php-common-8.0.27-1.el9_1.x86_64                                                      1/20 
  Installing       : apr-1.7.0-11.el9.x86_64                                                               2/20 
  


Installing       : apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-20.el9_2.1.x86_64                                                  3/20 
  Installing       : apr-util-1.6.1-20.el9_2.1.x86_64                                                      4/20 
  Installing       : apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-20.el9_2.1.x86_64                                              5/20 
20/20 
  
Installed:
  apr-1.7.0-11.el9.x86_64                                 apr-util-1.6.1-20.el9_2.1.x86_64                      
  apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-20.el9_2.1.x86_64                    apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-20.el9_2.1.x86_64              
  httpd-2.4.53-11.el9_2.5.x86_64                          httpd-core-2.4.53-11.el9_2.5.x86_64                   
  httpd-filesystem-2.4.53-11.el9_2.5.noarch               httpd-tools-2.4.53-11.el9_2.5.x86_64                  
  mod_http2-1.15.19-4.el9_2.4.x86_64                      mod_lua-2.4.53-11.el9_2.5.x86_64                      
  nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-14.el9.noarch                 php-8.0.27-1.el9_1.x86_64                             
  php-cli-8.0.27-1.el9_1.x86_64                           php-common-8.0.27-1.el9_1.x86_64                      
  php-fpm-8.0.27-1.el9_1.x86_64                           php-mbstring-8.0.27-1.el9_1.x86_64                    
  php-opcache-8.0.27-1.el9_1.x86_64                       php-pdo-8.0.27-1.el9_1.x86_64                         
  php-xml-8.0.27-1.el9_1.x86_64                           rocky-logos-httpd-90.14-1.el9.noarch                  

Complete!

Step 3: Install Git by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# dnf install git -y
Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:53 ago on Thursday 07 September 2023 02:28:32 AM.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================================================
 Package                       Architecture        Version                         Repository              Size
================================================================================================================
Installing:
 

git                           x86_64              2.39.3-1.el9_2                  appstream               61 k
Installing dependencies:
 git-core                      x86_64              2.39.3-1.el9_2                  appstream              4.2 M
 git-core-doc                  noarch              2.39.3-1.el9_2                  appstream              2.6 M
 perl-Error                    noarch              1:0.17029-7.el9                 appstream               41 k
 perl-Git                      noarch              2.39.3-1.el9_2                  appstream               37 k
 perl-TermReadKey              x86_64              2.38-11.el9                     appstream               36 k
 perl-lib                      x86_64              0.65-480.el9                    appstream               15 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================================================
Install  7 Packages

Total download size: 7.0 M
Installed size: 36 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/7): perl-lib-0.65-480.el9.x86_64.rpm                                          56 kB/s |  15 kB     00:00    
(2/7): perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64.rpm                                  133 kB/s |  36 kB     00:00    
(3/7): perl-Error-0.17029-7.el9.noarch.rpm                                      150 kB/s |  41 kB     00:00    
(4/7): perl-Git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch.rpm                                       501 kB/s |  37 kB     00:00    
(5/7): git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm                                            541 kB/s |  61 kB     00:00    
(6/7): git-core-doc-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch.rpm                                   4.4 MB/s | 2.6 MB     00:00    
(7/7): git-core-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm                                       5.3 MB/s | 4.2 MB     00:00    
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Total                                                                           4.0 MB/s | 7.0 MB     00:01     


Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : git-core-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64                                                         1/7 
  Installing       : git-core-doc-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch                                                     2/7 
  Installing       : perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64                                                    3/7 
  Installing       : perl-lib-0.65-480.el9.x86_64                                                           4/7 
  Installing       : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch                                                      5/7 
  Installing       : git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64                                                              6/7 
  Installing       : perl-Git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch                                                         7/7 
  Running scriptlet: perl-Git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch                                                         7/7 
  Verifying        : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch                                                      1/7 
  Verifying        : perl-lib-0.65-480.el9.x86_64                                                           2/7 
  Verifying        : perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64                                                    3/7 
  Verifying        : perl-Git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch                                                         4/7 
  Verifying        : git-core-doc-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch                                                     5/7 
  Verifying        : git-core-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64                                                         6/7 
  Verifying        : git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64                                                              7/7 

Installed:
  git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64            git-core-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64    git-core-doc-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch    
  perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch    perl-Git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch    perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64   
  perl-lib-0.65-480.el9.x86_64        

Complete!

Step 4: Clone the Linux dash package from github by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# git clone https://github.com/afaqurk/linux-dash.git
Cloning into 'linux-dash'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 4520, done.
remote: Total 4520 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 4520
Receiving objects: 100% (4520/4520), 4.58 MiB | 5.08 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (2671/2671), done.

Step 5: Long list the files by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# ll
total 8
-rw-------. 1 root root 1039 Aug 13 22:24 anaconda-ks.cfg
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    6 Aug 13 22:33 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    6 Aug 13 22:33 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    6 Aug 13 22:33 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 Sep  7 02:32 linux-dash
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    6 Aug 13 22:33 Music
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    6 Aug 13 22:33 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    6 Aug 13 22:33 Public
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    6 Aug 13 22:33 Templates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    6 Aug 13 22:33 Videos

Step 6: Move the directory into apache root Directory by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# mv linux-dash /var/www/

Step 7: Create Virtual Host Configuration for accessing Linux dash by using the below command.

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/test.conf
<VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/linux-dash/
<Directory /var/www/linux-dash/> 
AllowOverride All
allow from all
</Directory> 
</VirtualHost> 

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Step 8: Enable, Start and Check the Status of Apache service by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# systemctl enable httpd
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# systemctl start httpd
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# systemctl status httpd
● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.d
             └─php-fpm.conf
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2023-09-07 02:38:16 IST; 15s ago
       Docs: man:httpd.service(8)
   Main PID: 36503 (httpd)
     Status: "Total requests: 0; Idle/Busy workers 100/0;Requests/sec: 0; Bytes served/sec:   0 B/sec"
      Tasks: 213 (limit: 22877)
     Memory: 23.4M
        CPU: 240ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service
             ├─36503 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             ├─36516 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             ├─36520 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             ├─36521 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             └─36522 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND

Sep 07 02:37:41 Linuxhelp systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Sep 07 02:38:04 Linuxhelp httpd[36503]: AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualifi>
Sep 07 02:38:16 Linuxhelp httpd[36503]: Server configured, listening on: port 80
Sep 07 02:38:16 Linuxhelp systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server.

Step 9: Stop, Disable and check the status of firewall by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# systemctl stop firewalld
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# systemctl disable firewalld
Removed "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/firewalld.service".
Removed "/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.fedoraproject.FirewallD1.service".
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# systemctl status firewalld
○ firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)
       Docs: man:firewalld(1)

Sep 07 02:15:38 Linuxhelp systemd[1]: Starting firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon...
Sep 07 02:39:10 Linuxhelp systemd[1]: firewalld.service: Consumed 1.188s CPU time.

Step 10: Disable SELinux by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# setenforce 0

Step 11: Restart the Apache service by using the below command

[root@Linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd

Step 12: Open Web browser and enter the server IP address as shown in the below images . As you can see from the below image you can monitor system properties such as CPU load, logged-in users, RAM usage, disk usage, Internet speed, network connections, RX/TX bandwidth, running processes etc.,

Conclusion:

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to Install Linux-dash on Rocky Linux. Your feedback is much welcome.