In this tutorial, we'll go over the steps to install Bloonix on Kali Linux. Bloonix is a free and open-source monitoring and alerting system designed for small and medium-sized businesses.
Before starting with the installation of Bloonix, make sure that you have the following prerequisites in place:
Make sure your Kali Linux is up-to-date.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
To install Bloonix, first, we need to install the required dependencies.
sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-json php5-mcrypt mariadb-server
Note: If you prefer using PHP 7, please replace php5 with php7.0 in the above command.
To download and install Bloonix, follow these steps:
cd /tmp
wget -O bloonix.tar.gz https://dl.bloonix-monitoring.org/bloonix-1.7.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf bloonix.tar.gz
cd bloonix-1.7.0
sudo ./install.sh
The above command will install Bloonix on your system. During the installation, you will be asked to provide the necessary details like MySQL root password, and a new password to be used for Bloonix Server, user and Web-Interface.
Make sure the following ports are allowed in the Kali Linux firewall:
sudo ufw allow 80/tcp
sudo ufw allow 5665/tcp
sudo ufw allow 5666/tcp
Open your web browser and enter the following URL: http://<IP Address>/bloonix/
Replace <IP Address> with the IP address of your Kali Linux machine. You'll be redirected to the login page of your Bloonix installation.
Note: If you get an error message that the page cannot be displayed, or the server is not available, make sure that the apache2 service is running on your machine.
sudo service apache2 status
That's it! You have successfully installed Bloonix on Kali Linux. You can proceed with setting up monitoring by adding hosts, services and checks, and configuring alerts.
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