How To Install graphite-api on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install graphite-api on Kali Linux. graphite-api is Enterprise Scalable Realtime Graphing (API-only frontend)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install graphite-api on Kali Linux.

What is graphite-api

graphite-api is:

Graphite consists of a storage backend and a web-based visualization frontend. Client applications send streams of numeric time-series data to the Graphite backend (called carbon), where it gets stored in fixed-size database files similar in design to RRD.

Graphite-API is an alternative to Graphite-web, without any built-in dashboard. Its role is solely to fetch metrics from a time-series database and rendering graphs or JSON data out of these time series. It is meant to be consumed by any of the numerous Graphite dashboard applications.

There are three methods to install graphite-api 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 graphite-api Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install graphite-api

Install graphite-api Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install graphite-api

Install graphite-api 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 graphite-api using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install graphite-api

How To Uninstall graphite-api on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the graphite-api package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove graphite-api

Uninstall graphite-api And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove graphite-api

Remove graphite-api Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge graphite-api

Remove graphite-api configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge graphite-api

Dependencies

graphite-api have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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