Fresh Start Installation Script 🚀

A powerful bash script for automating Proxmox installations with monitoring tools and system health checks.

✨ Features

📦 Installs essential system packages
📊 Sets up Prometheus Node Exporter (v1.8.2)
🔍 Configures system health monitoring daemon (hwmon)
✅ Performs initial dry-run test of monitoring systems

📋 Prerequisites

Debian-based system (Proxmox)
Root/sudo access
Internet connectivity

🛠️ Installation

Execute these commands as root:

chmod +x freshStart.sh
./freshStart.sh

📦 Components Installed

System Packages:

python3-pip
smartmontools
iperf3
python3-psutil
python3-requests

Prometheus Node Exporter: ✅ Installed as a systemd service ✅ Runs on default port 9100 ✅ Configured to start on boot

Hardware Monitoring Daemon (hwmon): ✅ Installed as a systemd service and timer ✅ Performs regular system health checks ✅ Creates tickets for detected issues

🔍 Verification Verify service status after installation:

systemctl status node_exporter
systemctl status hwmon.timer

🌐 Network Requirements Service Purpose GitHub Node Exporter download 10.10.10.110:3000 hwmon daemon files 10.10.10.45 Ticket API access