How To Install nagios-check-xmppng on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-check-xmppng on Kali Linux. nagios-check-xmppng is monitoring plugin to check XMPP servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-check-xmppng on Kali Linux.

What is nagios-check-xmppng

nagios-check-xmppng is:

a nagios compatible check plugin for XMPP servers implementing the XMPP protocol as specified in RFC 6120.

The plugin provides the following features:

  • check client to server (C2S) as well as server to server (S2S) ports
  • check XMPP servers on IPv6 and IPv4 addresses
  • support STARTTLS as specified in RFC 6120 section 5.
  • check the validity of the server certificate presented by the XMPP server

The plugin has been implemented because of insufficiencies in the existing check_ssl_cert and check_xmpp plugins.

There are three methods to install nagios-check-xmppng 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 nagios-check-xmppng Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nagios-check-xmppng using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nagios-check-xmppng

Install nagios-check-xmppng Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nagios-check-xmppng using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nagios-check-xmppng

Install nagios-check-xmppng 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 nagios-check-xmppng using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nagios-check-xmppng

How To Uninstall nagios-check-xmppng on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nagios-check-xmppng package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nagios-check-xmppng

Uninstall nagios-check-xmppng And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagios-check-xmppng

Remove nagios-check-xmppng Configurations and Data

To remove nagios-check-xmppng configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nagios-check-xmppng

Remove nagios-check-xmppng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nagios-check-xmppng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagios-check-xmppng

Dependencies

nagios-check-xmppng have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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