In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Graphite on Kali Linux latest version. Graphite is a highly scalable, real-time graphing system that enables user to store, retrieve and share time-series data easily.
Before proceeding, make sure that your Kali Linux is updated to the latest version and you have sudo/root access.
Graphite is written in Python, thus before installing Graphite, we need to have Python installed on our system.
For Python 2.x, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install python2
For Python 3.x, run:
sudo apt-get install python3
Graphite stores data in a database, and for that reason, we need to install a database server. In this tutorial, we will be using SQLite.
Run the following command to install SQLite:
sudo apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev
Graphite has several dependencies that must be installed before installing Graphite. To install these dependencies, we will use pip, a Python package manager.
Install pip for Python 2.x:
sudo apt-get install python-pip
Install pip for Python 3.x:
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
Now, install dependencies using pip:
sudo pip install pillow django django-tagging pytz pyparsing cairocffi
Now that we have installed all the dependencies, it is time to install Graphite.
Clone the Graphite Github repository:
git clone https://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web.git
Next, move to the cloned directory:
cd graphite-web
Now, install Graphite using pip:
sudo python setup.py install
We have installed all the prerequisites and Graphite. Now, it's time to initialize the database.
Move to the Graphite base directory:
cd /opt/graphite/
Run the following command:
sudo python webapp/graphite/manage.py migrate auth
sudo python webapp/graphite/manage.py migrate
Finally, it's time to run the Graphite web server.
Run the following command:
sudo /opt/graphite/bin/run-graphite-devel-server.py /opt/graphite/
Graphite will now be running on port 8080.
In this tutorial, we have successfully installed Graphite on Kali Linux. You can now store and visualize time-series data easily with Graphite.
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