How To Install nsca on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsca on Kali Linux. nsca is Nagios service monitor agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsca on Kali Linux.

What is nsca

nsca is:

This addon allows you to send service check results to a central monitoring server running Nagios in a reasonably secure manner.

Nagios is a monitoring and management system for hosts, services and networks.

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.)

Nagios was written in C and is designed to be easy to understand and modify to fit your own needs.

There are three methods to install nsca 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 nsca Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nsca

Install nsca Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nsca using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nsca

Install nsca 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 nsca using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nsca

How To Uninstall nsca on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nsca package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nsca

Uninstall nsca And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nsca

Remove nsca Configurations and Data

To remove nsca configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nsca

Remove nsca configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nsca

Dependencies

nsca have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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