How to Install OMD on Kali Linux Latest

OMD stands for Open Monitoring Distribution, which is an open-source software for monitoring and managing IT infrastructure. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install OMD on Kali Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Open the terminal on your Kali Linux.

  2. Update the package list by running the following command:

    sudo apt-get update
    
  3. Install the dependencies required for OMD by running the following command:

    sudo apt-get install -y apache2 cgi-mapserver fping hp-ilo httping ipmitool libapache2-mod-fcgid libdbi-perl libdbd-pg-perl libnet-snmp-perl libssl-dev libswitch-perl libdatetime-perl libcache-memcached-perl librrd-dev libboost-all-dev libboost-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-regexp-dev libboost-serialization-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-graph-dev libboost-wave-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-math-dev libxml2-dev libperl-dev liblwp-useragent-determined-perl liblwp-protocol-http-socketunix-perl libfile-slurp-unicode-perl libcgi-xml-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl smstools python python-ldap python-memcache python-mysqldb python-psycopg2 python-rrdtool python-setuptools python-support snmp snmpd sshpass sudo tcpdump traceroute ttf-liberation xinetd xml-twig-tools
    
  4. Download the OMD package from the official website by running the following command:

    wget https://labs.consol.de/repo/stable/deb/$(lsb_release -cs)/$(uname -m)/consollabs.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/consollabs.list && gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys F8C1CA08A57B9ED7 && gpg --export --armor F8C1CA08A57B9ED7 | apt-key add - && apt-get update
    
  5. Install OMD by running the following command:

    sudo apt-get install -y omd-labs-edition
    
  6. Create a new OMD site by running the following command:

    sudo omd create <site-name>
    

    Replace <site-name> with the name you want to give to your OMD site. For example:

    sudo omd create my-omd-site
    
  7. Start the OMD site by running the following command:

    sudo omd start <site-name>
    

    Replace <site-name> with the name of your OMD site. For example:

    sudo omd start my-omd-site
    
  8. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/<site-name>.

    Replace <site-name> with the name of your OMD site. For example:

    http://localhost/my-omd-site
    

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured OMD on Kali Linux Latest. Now you can use it to monitor and manage your IT infrastructure.

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