How To Install nutcracker on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nutcracker on Kali Linux. nutcracker is Fast, light-weight proxy for memcached and Redis

Introduction

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

What is nutcracker

nutcracker is:

nutcracker, also known as twemproxy (pronounced “two-em-proxy”), is a fast and lightweight proxy for the memcached and Redis protocols. It was primarily built to reduce the connection count on backend caching servers, but it has a number of features, such as:

  • Maintains persistent server connections to backend servers.
  • Enables pipelining of requests and responses.
  • Supports multiple server pools simultaneously.
  • Shard data automatically across multiple servers.
  • Supports multiple hashing modes including consistent hashing and distribution.
  • High-availability by disabling nodes on failures.
  • Observability through stats exposed on stats monitoring port.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nutcracker

Install nutcracker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nutcracker

Install nutcracker 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 nutcracker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nutcracker

How To Uninstall nutcracker on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nutcracker

Uninstall nutcracker And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nutcracker

Remove nutcracker Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nutcracker

Remove nutcracker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nutcracker

Dependencies

nutcracker have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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