How To Install nagios4-core on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios4-core on Kali Linux. nagios4-core is host/service/network monitoring and management system core files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios4-core on Kali Linux.

What is nagios4-core

nagios4-core is:

Nagios is a monitoring and management system for hosts, services and networks. The package contains the nagios4 monitoring daemon.

Nagios’ features include:

  • Monitoring of network services (via TCP port, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, PING, etc.)
  • Plugin interface to allow for user-developed service checks
  • Contact notifications when problems occur and get resolved (via email, pager, or user-defined method)
  • Ability to define event handlers to be run during service or host events (for proactive problem resolution)
  • Web output (current status, notifications, problem history, log file, etc.)

There are three methods to install nagios4-core 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 nagios4-core Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nagios4-core using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nagios4-core

Install nagios4-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nagios4-core using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nagios4-core

Install nagios4-core 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 nagios4-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nagios4-core

How To Uninstall nagios4-core on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nagios4-core package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nagios4-core

Uninstall nagios4-core And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nagios4-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagios4-core

Remove nagios4-core Configurations and Data

To remove nagios4-core configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nagios4-core

Remove nagios4-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nagios4-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagios4-core

Dependencies

nagios4-core have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios4-core package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.