Running HostMon in Docker

#HostMon #ApplicationDashboard #HostMonitor

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0706.html

What is HostMon?

HostMon is a simple web-based host monitor and application dashboard. It can be used to monitor the real-time status of hosts and services running in your homelab environment. In addition to monitoring, HostMon has built-in Wake-On-LAN (WOL) capability, SSH client, real-time ping output and the ability to link to your existing Apache Guacamole installation to remotely control hosts from the within browser. The HostMon application is written in javascript and uses a SQLite database backend. - https://github.com/i12bretro/HostMon

Installing Docker

   01. Log into the Linux based device    02. Run the following commands in the terminal          # install prerequisites          sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y          # add docker gpg key          curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -          # add docker software repository          sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable"          # install docker          sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y          # enable and start docker service          sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker          # add the current user to the docker group          sudo usermod -aG docker $USER          # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect          su - $USER

Running HostMon

   01. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the HostMon Docker container and run it          # create working directories          mkdir ~/docker/hostmon -p          # set owner of working directories          sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R          # create the hostmon docker container          docker create -ti --name hostmon i12bretro/hostmon          # export the hostmon database          docker cp hostmon:/app/d ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvPxP8y65Qs