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Login and then update the OS
shell> sudo apt-get update
shell> sudo apt-get upgrade
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Configure Hostname (in our example we will use turtle):
shell> sudo hostname turtle
shell> sudo vim /etc/hostname
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Add
turtle.pingpros.com
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Change Hosts File
shell> sudo vim /etc/hosts
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From
127.0.0.1 debian
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To
127.0.0.1 turtle.pingpros.com
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Restart hostname
shell> sudo /etc/init.d/hostname.sh
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Install Postfix, cacti, smokeping
shell> sudo apt-get install postfix
shell> sudo apt-get install sendmail
shell> sudo apt-get install smokeping
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Install TCPPing
shell> apt-get install tcptraceroute
shell> cd /usr/bin/
shell> wget http://www.vdberg.org/~richard/tcpping
shell> chmod 755 tcpping
- Configured Apache for Smokeping support
shell> cd /etc/apache2/conf-available
shell> sudo ln -s ../../smokeping/apache2.conf smokeping.conf
shell> sudo a2enconf smokeping
shell> sudo a2enmod cgid
shell> service apache2 reload
- Configure Smokeping
shell> sudo vim /etc/smokeping/config.d/General
cgiurl = http://turtle.pingpros.com/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi