How To Install moosefs-cgi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install moosefs-cgi on Kali Linux. moosefs-cgi is MooseFS - CGI monitor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install moosefs-cgi on Kali Linux.

What is moosefs-cgi

moosefs-cgi is:

CGI application to monitor MooseFS through master/metadata server.

MooseFS (MFS) is a fault tolerant, scaling-out, network distributed file system. It spreads data over several physical servers which are visible to the user as one resource. For standard file operations MooseFS mounted with FUSE acts as other Unix-alike file systems:

  • A hierarchical structure (directory tree).
  • POSIX file attributes (permissions, last access and modification times).
  • Special files (block and character devices, pipes and sockets).
  • Symbolic links and hard links.
  • Access control based on IP address and/or password.

Distinctive features of MooseFS are:

  • High availability.
  • Fault tolerance.
  • Strong integrity check.
  • Capacity is dynamically expandable by simply adding new computers/disks.
  • Deleted files are retained for a configurable period of time (a file system level “trash bin”).
  • Coherent snapshots of files, even during I/O.

There are three methods to install moosefs-cgi 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 moosefs-cgi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install moosefs-cgi

Install moosefs-cgi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install moosefs-cgi

Install moosefs-cgi 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 moosefs-cgi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install moosefs-cgi

How To Uninstall moosefs-cgi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the moosefs-cgi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove moosefs-cgi

Uninstall moosefs-cgi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove moosefs-cgi

Remove moosefs-cgi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge moosefs-cgi

Remove moosefs-cgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge moosefs-cgi

Dependencies

moosefs-cgi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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