How To Install nagios-check-xmppng on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-check-xmppng
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-check-xmppng
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.