How To Install elasticsearch-curator on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elasticsearch-curator on Kali Linux. elasticsearch-curator is command-line tool for managing Elasticsearch time-series indices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elasticsearch-curator on Kali Linux.

What is elasticsearch-curator

elasticsearch-curator is:

Elasticsearch Curator helps manage Elasticsearch time-series indices. It consists of a Python library and a CLI tool providing a high-level interface to Elasticsearch administration tasks, such as:

  • Management of index aliases
  • Index optimization
  • Changing the replica count
  • Modifying the shard/index allocation using routing tags
  • Index snapshotting

This package contains the curator and es_repo_mgr command-line tools.

There are three methods to install elasticsearch-curator 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 elasticsearch-curator Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install elasticsearch-curator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elasticsearch-curator

Install elasticsearch-curator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elasticsearch-curator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elasticsearch-curator

Install elasticsearch-curator 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install elasticsearch-curator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elasticsearch-curator

How To Uninstall elasticsearch-curator on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the elasticsearch-curator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elasticsearch-curator

Uninstall elasticsearch-curator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elasticsearch-curator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elasticsearch-curator

Remove elasticsearch-curator Configurations and Data

To remove elasticsearch-curator configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elasticsearch-curator

Remove elasticsearch-curator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elasticsearch-curator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elasticsearch-curator

Dependencies

elasticsearch-curator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elasticsearch-curator package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.