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This section provides information on installing SigNoz on Linux.

Prerequisites

A Linux machine
Root access to the machine

Install Clickhouse

Install Clickhouse using the Clickhouse installation guide

Note: Do not start the clickhouse service yet. We will do that after installing zookeeper.

Install Zookeeper

Install Java

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install default-jdk -y

Get and extract the latest release of Zookeeper from the releases page

curl -L https://dlcdn.apache.org/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.8.4/apache-zookeeper-3.8.4-bin.tar.gz -o zookeeper.tar.gz
tar -xzf zookeeper.tar.gz

Create the necessary zookeeper directories and copy the extracted files to /opt/zookeeper:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/zookeeper
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/zookeeper
sudo mkdir -p /var/log/zookeeper
sudo cp -r apache-zookeeper-3.8.4-bin/* /opt/zookeeper

Create the zookeeper config file:

sudo bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /opt/zookeeper/conf/zoo.cfg
tickTime=2000
dataDir=/var/lib/zookeeper
clientPort=2181
admin.serverPort=3181
EOF'

Create the zookeeper systemd environment file:

sudo bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /opt/zookeeper/conf/zoo.env
ZOO_LOG_DIR=/var/log/zookeeper
EOF'

Create a user and group to run Zookeeper and give it ownership of the zookeeper directories:

sudo getent passwd zookeeper >/dev/null || sudo useradd --system --home /opt/zookeeper --no-create-home --user-group --shell /sbin/nologin zookeeper
sudo chown -R zookeeper:zookeeper /opt/zookeeper
sudo chown -R zookeeper:zookeeper /var/lib/zookeeper
sudo chown -R zookeeper:zookeeper /var/log/zookeeper

Create the zookeeper systemd service:

sudo bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /etc/systemd/system/zookeeper.service
[Unit]
Description=Zookeeper
Documentation=http://zookeeper.apache.org

[Service]
EnvironmentFile=/opt/zookeeper/conf/zoo.env
Type=forking
WorkingDirectory=/opt/zookeeper
User=zookeeper
Group=zookeeper
ExecStart=/opt/zookeeper/bin/zkServer.sh start /opt/zookeeper/conf/zoo.cfg
ExecStop=/opt/zookeeper/bin/zkServer.sh stop /opt/zookeeper/conf/zoo.cfg
ExecReload=/opt/zookeeper/bin/zkServer.sh restart /opt/zookeeper/conf/zoo.cfg
TimeoutSec=30
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF'

Reload the systemd daemon and start the zookeeper service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start zookeeper.service

Configure clickhouse to use zookeeper and start the clickhouse service:

sudo bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/cluster.xml
<clickhouse replace="true">
    <distributed_ddl>
        <path>/clickhouse/task_queue/ddl</path>
    </distributed_ddl>
    <remote_servers>
        <cluster>
            <shard>
                <replica>
                    <host>127.0.0.1</host>
                    <port>9000</port>
                </replica>
            </shard>
        </cluster>
    </remote_servers>
    <zookeeper>
        <node>
            <host>127.0.0.1</host>
            <port>2181</port>
        </node>
    </zookeeper>
    <macros>
        <shard>01</shard>
        <replica>01</replica>
    </macros>
</clickhouse>
EOF'
sudo chown clickhouse:clickhouse /etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/cluster.xml
sudo systemctl start clickhouse-server.service

Verify the installation

Check the status of the clickhouse and zookeeper services:

sudo systemctl status clickhouse-server.service
sudo systemctl status zookeeper.service

If the services are running, you should see the following output:

clickhouse-server.service - ClickHouse Server (analytic DBMS for big data)
    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/clickhouse-server.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) since ...

zookeeper.service - Zookeeper
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/zookeeper.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) ...

(Optional) Check the logs of the clickhouse and zookeeper services:

sudo journalctl -u clickhouse-server.service -f
sudo journalctl -u zookeeper.service -f

Run Clickhouse migrations

Get and extract the latest release of SigNoz Schema Migrator:.

curl -L https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz-otel-collector/releases/latest/download/signoz-schema-migrator_linux_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/g' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/g').tar.gz -o signoz-schema-migrator.tar.gz
tar -xzf signoz-schema-migrator.tar.gz

Run the migrations:

./signoz-schema-migrator_linux_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/g' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/g')/bin/signoz-schema-migrator sync --dsn="tcp://localhost:9000?password=password" --replication=true  --up=
./signoz-schema-migrator_linux_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/g' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/g')/bin/signoz-schema-migrator async --dsn="tcp://localhost:9000?password=password" --replication=true  --up=

Install SigNoz

Get and extract the latest release of SigNoz:

curl -L https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz/releases/latest/download/signoz_linux_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/g' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/g').tar.gz -o signoz.tar.gz
tar -xzf signoz.tar.gz

Create the necessary directories and copy the extracted files to /opt/signoz:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/signoz
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/signoz
sudo cp -r signoz_linux_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/g' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/g')/* /opt/signoz

Create the SigNoz systemd environment file:

sudo bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /opt/signoz/conf/systemd.env
SIGNOZ_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGS_LEVEL=info
INVITE_EMAIL_TEMPLATE=/opt/signoz/templates/invitation_email_template.html
SIGNOZ_SQLSTORE_SQLITE_PATH=/var/lib/signoz/signoz.db
SIGNOZ_WEB_ENABLED=true
SIGNOZ_WEB_DIRECTORY=/opt/signoz/web
SIGNOZ_JWT_SECRET=secret
SIGNOZ_ALERTMANAGER_PROVIDER=signoz
SIGNOZ_TELEMETRYSTORE_PROVIDER=clickhouse
SIGNOZ_TELEMETRYSTORE_CLICKHOUSE_DSN=tcp://localhost:9000?password=password
EOF'

Create a user and group to run SigNoz and give it ownership of the signoz directories:

sudo getent passwd signoz >/dev/null || sudo useradd --system --home /opt/signoz --no-create-home --user-group --shell /sbin/nologin signoz
sudo chown -R signoz:signoz /var/lib/signoz
sudo chown -R signoz:signoz /opt/signoz

Create the SigNoz systemd service:

sudo bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /etc/systemd/system/signoz.service
[Unit]
Description=SigNoz
Documentation=https://signoz.io/docs
After=clickhouse-server.service

[Service]
User=signoz
Group=signoz
Type=simple
KillMode=mixed
Restart=on-failure
WorkingDirectory=/opt/signoz
EnvironmentFile=/opt/signoz/conf/systemd.env
ExecStart=/opt/signoz/bin/signoz --config=/opt/signoz/conf/prometheus.yml --use-logs-new-schema=true --use-trace-new-schema=true

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF'

Reload the systemd daemon and start the SigNoz service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start signoz.service

Verify the installation

Check the status of the signoz service:

sudo systemctl status signoz.service

If the services are running, you should see the following output:

signoz.service - SigNoz
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/signoz.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) since ...

(Optional) Check the logs of the signoz service:

sudo journalctl -u signoz.service -f

Install SigNoz Otel Collector

Get and extract the latest release of SigNoz Otel Collector:

curl -L https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz-otel-collector/releases/latest/download/signoz-otel-collector_linux_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/g' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/g').tar.gz -o signoz-otel-collector.tar.gz
tar -xzf signoz-otel-collector.tar.gz

Create the necessary directories and copy the extracted files to /opt/signoz-otel-collector:

sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/signoz-otel-collector
sudo mkdir -p /opt/signoz-otel-collector
sudo cp -r signoz-otel-collector_linux_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/g' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/g')/* /opt/signoz-otel-collector

Change the ownership of the files to the signoz user and group:

sudo chown -R signoz:signoz /var/lib/signoz-otel-collector
sudo chown -R signoz:signoz /opt/signoz-otel-collector

Create a config.yaml file in the /opt/signoz-otel-collector/conf directory:

sudo bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /opt/signoz-otel-collector/conf/config.yaml
receivers:
  otlp:
    protocols:
      grpc:
        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317
        max_recv_msg_size_mib: 16
      http:
        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
  jaeger:
    protocols:
      grpc:
        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:14250
      thrift_http:
        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:14268
  httplogreceiver/heroku:
    endpoint: 0.0.0.0:8081
    source: heroku
  httplogreceiver/json:
    endpoint: 0.0.0.0:8082
    source: json
processors:
  batch:
    send_batch_size: 50000
    timeout: 1s
  signozspanmetrics/delta:
    metrics_exporter: clickhousemetricswrite
    latency_histogram_buckets: [100us, 1ms, 2ms, 6ms, 10ms, 50ms, 100ms, 250ms, 500ms, 1000ms, 1400ms, 2000ms, 5s, 10s, 20s, 40s, 60s]
    dimensions_cache_size: 100000
    dimensions:
      - name: service.namespace
        default: default
      - name: deployment.environment
        default: default
      - name: signoz.collector.id
    aggregation_temporality: AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_DELTA
extensions:
  health_check:
    endpoint: 0.0.0.0:13133
  zpages:
    endpoint: localhost:55679
  pprof:
    endpoint: localhost:1777
exporters:
  clickhousetraces:
    datasource: tcp://localhost:9000/signoz_traces?password=password
    use_new_schema: true
  clickhousemetricswrite:
    endpoint: tcp://localhost:9000/signoz_metrics?password=password
    timeout: 15s
    resource_to_telemetry_conversion:
      enabled: true
  clickhouselogsexporter:
    dsn: tcp://localhost:9000/signoz_logs?password=password
    timeout: 10s
    use_new_schema: true
  metadataexporter:
    dsn: tcp://localhost:9000/signoz_metadata?password=password
    timeout: 10s
    tenant_id: default
    cache:
      provider: in_memory
service:
  telemetry:
    logs:
      encoding: json
    metrics:
      address: 0.0.0.0:8888
  extensions: [health_check, zpages, pprof]
  pipelines:
    traces:
      receivers: [otlp, jaeger]
      processors: [signozspanmetrics/delta, batch]
      exporters: [clickhousetraces, metadataexporter]
    metrics:
      receivers: [otlp]
      processors: [batch]
      exporters: [clickhousemetricswrite, metadataexporter]
    logs:
      receivers: [otlp, httplogreceiver/heroku, httplogreceiver/json]
      processors: [batch]
      exporters: [clickhouselogsexporter, metadataexporter]
EOF'

Create a opamp.yaml file in the /opt/signoz-otel-collector/conf directory:

sudo bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /opt/signoz-otel-collector/conf/opamp.yaml
server_endpoint: ws://127.0.0.1:4320/v1/opamp
EOF'

Create the SigNoz Otel Collector systemd service:

sudo bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /etc/systemd/system/signoz-otel-collector.service
[Unit]
Description=SigNoz OTel Collector
Documentation=https://signoz.io/docs
After=clickhouse-server.service

[Service]
User=signoz
Group=signoz
Type=simple
KillMode=mixed
Restart=on-failure
WorkingDirectory=/opt/signoz-otel-collector
ExecStart=/opt/signoz-otel-collector/bin/signoz-otel-collector --config=/opt/signoz-otel-collector/conf/config.yaml --manager-config=/opt/signoz-otel-collector/conf/opamp.yaml --copy-path=/var/lib/signoz-otel-collector/config.yaml

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF'

Reload the systemd daemon and start the SigNoz Otel Collector service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start signoz-otel-collector.service

Verify the installation

Check the status of the signoz otel collector service:

sudo systemctl status signoz-otel-collector.service

If the services are running, you should see the following output:

signoz-otel-collector.service - SigNoz OTel Collector
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/signoz-otel-collector.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) since ...

(Optional) Check the logs of the signoz otel collector service:

sudo journalctl -u signoz-otel-collector.service -f

Test the installation

Run the following command to check the health of signoz:

curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/api/v1/health

If the installation is successful, you should see the following output:

{"status":"ok"}

✅ Info

By default, retention period is set to 7 days for logs and traces, and 30 days for metrics. To change this, navigate to the General tab on the Settings page of SigNoz UI.

For more details, refer to https://signoz.io/docs/userguide/retention-period.

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