In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Gatus on Kali Linux latest operating system. Gatus is an open-source tool that can be used to monitor and manage all your online services in one place. You can use it to check the status of your services, see detailed information about each service, and receive alerts when something goes wrong.
Before you begin, you should make sure you have the following:
Gatus is built using the Go programming language. To install Golang, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install golang
Once the installation is complete, you can verify the installations by running the following command:
go version
This should output the version of Golang installed on your system.
To install Gatus on Kali Linux, you need to download the source code from the Github repository. You can do this by running the following commands:
git clone https://github.com/TwiN/gatus.git
This will clone the Gatus repository to your current directory.
Once you have downloaded the Gatus source code, navigate to the directory where you have cloned the repository using the command terminal.
cd gatus
Then, to compile Gatus, run the following command:
go build .
This should create a binary file called gatus in the gatus directory. To run Gatus, execute the following command:
./gatus -config config.yml
This command will start Gatus, and it will listen to port 2000 by default. You can access the Gatus web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://127.0.0.1:2000.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install and run Gatus on Kali Linux. You can now use Gatus to monitor your online services and receive alerts when something goes wrong. Remember to keep your dependencies updated to ensure the tool runs smoothly.
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