Version: v1.5.x

Install HertzBeat via Package

You can install and run Apache HertzBeat (incubating) on Linux Windows Mac system, and CPU supports X86/ARM64.

Download HertzBeat installation package
Download installation package hertzbeat-xx.tar.gz hertzbeat-collector-xx.tar.gz corresponding to your system environment
- Download Page
Configure HertzBeat's configuration file(optional)
Unzip the installation package to the host eg: /opt/hertzbeat
```
$ tar zxvf hertzbeat-xx.tar.gz
or
$ unzip -o hertzbeat-xx.zip
```
Modify the configuration file hertzbeat/config/application.yml params according to your needs.
- If you need to use email to send alarms, you need to replace the email server parameters spring.mail in application.yml
- Recommended If you need to use an external Mysql database to replace the built-in H2 database, you need to replace the spring.datasource parameter in application.yml For specific steps, see Using Mysql to replace H2 database
- Highly recommended From now on we will mainly support VictoriaMetrics as a time-series database, if you need to use the time series database VictoriaMetrics to store metric data, you need to replace the warehouse.store.victoria-metrics parameter in application.yml for specific steps, see Using VictoriaMetrics to store metrics data
- Recommended If you need to use the time series database TDengine to store metric data, you need to replace the warehouse.store.td-engine parameter in application.yml for specific steps, see Using TDengine to store metrics data
- Recommended If you need to use the time series database IotDB to store the metric database, you need to replace the warehouse.storeiot-db parameter in application.yml For specific steps, see Use IotDB to store metrics data
Configure the account file(optional)
HertzBeat default built-in three user accounts, respectively admin/hertzbeat tom/hertzbeat guest/hertzbeat
If you need add, delete or modify account or password, configure hertzbeat/config/sureness.yml. Ignore this step without this demand.
For detail steps, please refer to Configure Account Password
Start the service
Execute the startup script startup.sh in the installation directory hertzbeat/bin/, or startup.bat in windows.
```
$ ./startup.sh 
```
Begin to explore HertzBeat
Access http://localhost:1157/ using browser. You can explore HertzBeat with default account admin/hertzbeat now!
Deploy collector clusters (Optional)
- Download and unzip the collector release package hertzbeat-collector-xx.tar.gz to new machine Download Page
- Configure the collector configuration yml file hertzbeat-collector/config/application.yml: unique identity name, running mode (public or private), hertzbeat manager-host, hertzbeat manager-port
```
collector:
  dispatch:
    entrance:
      netty:
        enabled: true
        identity: ${IDENTITY:}
        mode: ${MODE:public}
        manager-host: ${MANAGER_HOST:127.0.0.1}
        manager-port: ${MANAGER_PORT:1158}
```
- Run command $ ./bin/startup.sh or bin/startup.bat
- Access http://localhost:1157 and you will see the registered new collector in dashboard

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FAQ

If using the package not contains JDK, you need to prepare the JAVA environment in advance
Install JAVA runtime environment-refer to official website
requirement：JDK17 ENV
download JAVA installation package: mirror website
After installation use command line to check whether you install it successfully.
```
$ java -version
java version "17.0.9"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 17.0.9 (build 17.0.9+8-LTS-237)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.9 (build 17.0.9+8-LTS-237, mixed mode)
```
According to the process deploy，visit http://ip:1157/ no interface
Please refer to the following points to troubleshoot issues:
1：If you switch to dependency service MYSQL database，check whether the database is created and started successfully. 2：Check whether dependent services, IP account and password configuration is correct in HertzBeat's configuration file hertzbeat/config/application.yml.
3：Check whether the running log has errors in hertzbeat/logs/ directory. If you haven't solved the issue, report it to the communication group or community.
Log an error TDengine connection or insert SQL failed
1：Check whether database account and password configured is correct, the database is created.
2：If you install TDengine2.3+ version, you must execute systemctl start taosadapter to start adapter in addition to start the server.
Monitoring historical charts with no data for a long time
1: Whether the time series database is configured or not, if it is not configured, there is no historical chart data.
2: If you are using Tdengine, check whether the database hertzbeat of Tdengine is created. 3: HertzBeat's configuration file application.yml, the dependent services in it, the time series, the IP account password, etc. are configured correctly.

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