Nagios is a powerful, open-source monitoring and alerting system that allows you to monitor the health and performance of your IT infrastructure. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Nagios on Kali Linux.
Before we start the installation process, make sure you have the following requirements:
To get started, let's install the required dependencies for Nagios. Open a terminal window and type the following command to install the necessary packages:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential apache2 php openssl perl make php-gd libgd-dev libapache2-mod-php libperl-dev libssl-dev daemon wget apache2-utils unzip
Next, download the latest stable release of Nagios from the official website. Type the following command to navigate to the Nagios download page:
cd ~
wget https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagioscore/releases/nagios-4.4.6.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded Nagios archive by typing the following command:
tar xzf nagios-4.4.6.tar.gz
Navigate to the extracted Nagios directory and run the following commands:
cd nagios-4.4.6
./configure --with-httpd-conf=/etc/apache2/sites-enabled
make all
sudo make install
sudo make install-init
sudo make install-daemoninit
sudo make install-config
sudo make install-commandmode
sudo /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 sample-config/httpd.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/nagios.conf
Next, you need to configure Nagios. Create a new user account for accessing the Nagios web interface using the following command:
sudo useradd nagiosadmin
sudo htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin
Now, restart the Apache service for the new configuration to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
To verify that Nagios has been installed successfully, open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/nagios/. You should see the Nagios home page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Nagios on Kali Linux Latest.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Nagios on Kali Linux Latest. Nagios is a powerful monitoring system that allows you to keep a close eye on your IT infrastructure. With Nagios, you can detect and resolve issues before they become major problems.
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