Consul is a tool for service discovery, monitoring and configuration management. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Consul on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we start, make sure you have the following:
First, we need to download the Consul binary file from their official website. Open your web browser and navigate to the following link: https://www.consul.io/downloads.html
Choose the appropriate binary file for your operating system. In this case, we will download the Linux 64-bit binary.
cd ~
wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/consul/1.10.3/consul_1.10.3_linux_amd64.zip
After the download is finished, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the file and unzip it.
unzip consul_1.10.3_linux_amd64.zip
After unzipping the file, move the Consul binary file to the bin directory
sudo mv consul /usr/local/bin/
To verify that Consul is installed, run the following command:
consul -v
If everything went well, you should see the version number of Consul.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Consul on Kali Linux. You can now use Consul to discover and manage your services.
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