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            <h1>Install Uptime Kuma on Linux</h1>
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          <h2>What is Uptime Kuma?</h2>

<p><em>Uptime Kuma is a fancy self-hosted monitoring tool. -<a href="https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma" target="_blank">https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma</a></em></p>

<h2>Install Uptime Kuma</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Linux device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal window
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install available software updates<br />
	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
	# install prerequisites<br />
	sudo apt install git curl -y<br />
	# add nodejs software repository<br />
	curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_current.x | sudo bash -<br />
	# install nodejs<br />
	sudo apt install nodejs -y<br />
	# clone from git<br />
	git clone https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma.git ./uptime-kuma<br />
	# change directory to ./uptime-kuma<br />
	cd uptime-kuma<br />
	# run setup<br />
	npm run setup<br />
	# run uptime kuma<br />
	node server/server.js</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:3001</li>
	<li>Select a language and create an administrator username and password &gt; Click Create</li>
	<li>Welcome to Uptime Kuma</li>
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<h2>Run Uptime Kuma as a Service (Optional, but recommended)</h2>

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	<li>Press CTRL + C to kill the running Uptime Kuma process</li>
	<li>Continue with the following steps to run Uptime Kuma as a service
	<div class="codeBlock"># create nodejs user<br />
	sudo useradd nodejs<br />
	# change directory out of uptime-kuma<br />
	cd ..<br />
	# move uptime kuma to /opt<br />
	sudo mv ~/uptime-kuma /opt<br />
	# create service bash file<br />
	sudo nano /opt/uptime-kuma/uptime-kuma.sh</div>
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	<li>Paste the following configuration into uptime-kuma.sh
	<p>#!/usr/bin/bash<br />
	/usr/bin/node /opt/uptime-kuma/server/server.js</p>
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	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
	<li>Continue with the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># make uptime-kuma.sh executable<br />
	sudo chmod +x /opt/uptime-kuma/uptime-kuma.sh<br />
	# create uptime-kuma service file<br />
	sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/uptime-kuma.service</div>
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	<li>Paste the following configuration into uptime-kuma.service
	<p>[Unit]<br />
	Description=Uptime Kuma</p>

	<p>[Service]<br />
	ExecStart=/opt/uptime-kuma/uptime-kuma.sh<br />
	Restart=always<br />
	User=nodejs<br />
	Group=nodejs<br />
	WorkingDirectory=/opt/uptime-kuma</p>

	<p>[Install]<br />
	WantedBy=multi-user.target</p>
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	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
	<li>Continue with the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># set owner of /opt/uptime-kuma<br />
	sudo chown nodejs:nodejs /opt/uptime-kuma -R<br />
	# reload systemd services<br />
	sudo systemctl daemon-reload<br />
	# start uptime-kuma service on boot and now<br />
	sudo systemctl enable uptime-kuma --now</div>
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	<li>Refresh the open web browser to verify Uptime Kuma is accessible</li>
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