How To Install xymon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xymon on Kali Linux. xymon is monitoring system for systems, networks and applications

Introduction

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

What is xymon

xymon is:

Xymon (previously called Hobbit) is a network- and applications- monitoring system designed for use in large-scale networks. But it will also work just fine on a small network with just a few nodes. It is low-overhead and high-performance, with an easy to use web front-end.

Network services are monitored remotely. Machine health and statistics are monitored through a locally installed client package (xymon-client). Additional (remote as well as local) checks are available in the package hobbit-plugins.

Alerts can trigger when monitoring detects a problem, resulting in e-mails or calls to your pager or mobile phone.

Xymon has a great deal of inspiration from the non-free Big Brother package, but does not include any Big Brother code.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xymon

Install xymon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xymon

Install xymon 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 xymon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xymon

How To Uninstall xymon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xymon

Uninstall xymon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xymon

Remove xymon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xymon

Remove xymon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xymon

Dependencies

xymon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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