How To Install zabbix-java-gateway on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix-java-gateway on Kali Linux. zabbix-java-gateway is network monitoring solution - Java gateway

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix-java-gateway on Kali Linux.

What is zabbix-java-gateway

zabbix-java-gateway is:

Zabbix is a server/client network monitoring system with many features. It can be used for:

  • high level monitoring of IT services;
  • centralized monitoring of your servers and applications;
  • monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices;
  • performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.);
  • data visualization.

This package provides the software needed to monitor Java applications using a Zabbix Java gateway. It collects information from JMX agent.

There are three methods to install zabbix-java-gateway 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 zabbix-java-gateway Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zabbix-java-gateway

Install zabbix-java-gateway Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zabbix-java-gateway using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zabbix-java-gateway

Install zabbix-java-gateway 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 zabbix-java-gateway using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zabbix-java-gateway

How To Uninstall zabbix-java-gateway on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the zabbix-java-gateway package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zabbix-java-gateway

Uninstall zabbix-java-gateway And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zabbix-java-gateway

Remove zabbix-java-gateway Configurations and Data

To remove zabbix-java-gateway configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zabbix-java-gateway

Remove zabbix-java-gateway configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zabbix-java-gateway configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zabbix-java-gateway

Dependencies

zabbix-java-gateway have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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