How To Install vitrage-notifier on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vitrage-notifier on Kali Linux.

What is vitrage-notifier

vitrage-notifier is:

Vitrage provides a root cause analysis service, which is used for analyzing the topology and alarms of the cloud, and providing insights about it.

This package provides Vitrage Notifier service.

There are three methods to install vitrage-notifier 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 vitrage-notifier Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vitrage-notifier

Install vitrage-notifier Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vitrage-notifier

Install vitrage-notifier 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 vitrage-notifier using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vitrage-notifier

How To Uninstall vitrage-notifier on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vitrage-notifier package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vitrage-notifier

Uninstall vitrage-notifier And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vitrage-notifier

Remove vitrage-notifier Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vitrage-notifier

Remove vitrage-notifier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vitrage-notifier

Dependencies

vitrage-notifier have the following dependencies:

• adduser
• python3-vitrage
• vitrage-common
• lsb-base

References

• vitrage-notifier website

Summary

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