Install Alignak-app¶

Requirements¶

Alignak Suite¶

You must have Alignak Suite installed before using this app :

Alignak-app need at least a functionnal and available alignak-backend to connect with it !

Windows Users¶

An installer is available in repository of Alignak-app on releases page. It is recommended that you use this installer to run Alignak-app on Windows.

You have nothing else to install if you are using the installer !

IMPORTANT: To keep it free, installer is not signed, so Windows Defender SmartScreen will warn you about that. Just click on “More Informations” and on “Execute anyway” to run installer.

IMPORTANT: This installer is currently only compatible with x64 architecture !

Linux Users¶

IMPORTANT Be sure to install this application with --user flags. Otherwise you may not be able to launch it !

You can install with pip:

pip3 install alignak_app --user

The required Python modules are automatically installed if not present on your system.

An installation for root will be available as soon as possible.

From Sources¶

External Libraries¶

You need to install Python modules that are listed in requirements.txt file with pip:

pyqt5<5.10
configparser
future
alignak_backend_client
python-gettext

Note: if you proceed to an end-user installation with pip, the required modules are automatically installed.

Installation¶

To install from source, clone repos and install with pip

git clone https://github.com/Alignak-monitoring-contrib/alignak-app
cd alignak-app
# If you're under Windows, use "pip" instead "pip3"
pip3 install . --user

Under Windows¶

If you’ve installed Alignak-app with pip under Windows, you must link install directory with your Program Files folder. Otherwise, App won’t start.

Open a command Windows console as admin and type the following line:

mklink /J "%ProgramFiles%\Alignak-app" c:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Python\alignak_app

Replace <USERNAME> by your username.

Be sure also that you’ve install Python3 on your device.