How To Install alertmanager-irc-relay on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alertmanager-irc-relay on Kali Linux.
What is alertmanager-irc-relay
alertmanager-irc-relay is:
Alertmanager IRC Relay Alertmanager IRC Relay is a bot relaying Prometheus (https://prometheus.io/) alerts to IRC. Alerts are received from Prometheus using Webhooks (https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/configuration/#webhook-receiver-<webhook_config) and are relayed to an IRC channel. Configuring and running the bot To configure and run the bot you need to create a YAML configuration file and pass it to the service.
Prometheus configuration Prometheus can be configured following the official Webhooks (https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/configuration/#webhook-receiver-<webhook_config) documentation.
There are three methods to install alertmanager-irc-relay on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install alertmanager-irc-relay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install alertmanager-irc-relay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alertmanager-irc-relayInstall alertmanager-irc-relay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install alertmanager-irc-relay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alertmanager-irc-relayInstall alertmanager-irc-relay Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install alertmanager-irc-relay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alertmanager-irc-relayHow To Uninstall alertmanager-irc-relay on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the alertmanager-irc-relay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alertmanager-irc-relayUninstall alertmanager-irc-relay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alertmanager-irc-relay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alertmanager-irc-relayRemove alertmanager-irc-relay Configurations and Data
To remove alertmanager-irc-relay configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alertmanager-irc-relayRemove alertmanager-irc-relay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alertmanager-irc-relay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alertmanager-irc-relayDependencies
alertmanager-irc-relay have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alertmanager-irc-relay package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
