systemctl enable --now httpd mariadb Run the secure installation and set a root password:
cd /opt/observium ./discovery.php -u Create an Apache virtual host:
dnf install -y epel-release dnf install -y httpd mariadb-server mariadb httpd php php-cli php-mysqlnd \ php-gd php-posix php-mbstring php-pear php-pear-CAS php-bcmath php-json \ php-snmp fping graphviz rrdtool subversion net-snmp-utils net-snmp \ python3-PyMySQL Enable and start services:
mkdir /opt/observium/logs,rrd chown -R apache:apache /opt/observium/logs,rrd Copy the default configuration: how to install observium on centos 8
nano /opt/observium/config.php Set the database credentials:
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http firewall-cmd --reload Open your browser: http://your_server_ip
CREATE DATABASE observium CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON observium.* TO 'observium'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_strong_password'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT; Populate the schema: systemctl enable --now httpd mariadb Run the secure
dnf update -y Install Apache, PHP, MariaDB, and required utilities:
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName observium.yourdomain.com DocumentRoot /opt/observium/html <Directory /opt/observium/html> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/observium_error.log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/observium_access.log combined </VirtualHost> Test config and restart Apache:
The Community Edition is limited to 100 devices. For more, consider Observium Professional. Also, plan to migrate to AlmaLinux 8 or Rocky Linux 8 before CentOS 8 becomes unsupported for security updates. echo '33 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery
echo '33 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -h all >> /dev/null 2>&1' > /etc/cron.d/observium echo '*/5 * * * * root /opt/observium/poller-wrapper.py 1 >> /dev/null 2>&1' >> /etc/cron.d/observium Allow HTTP/HTTPS:
nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/observium.conf Add:
date.timezone = "America/New_York" Then systemctl restart httpd chmod 4750 /usr/sbin/fping Conclusion You now have a fully functional Observium installation on CentOS 8. Start adding routers, switches, firewalls, and servers to monitor their health, bandwidth, and errors via SNMP.