Octopussy is an open source solution for IT inventory, monitoring, and management. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Octopussy on Kali Linux Latest.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following:
First, download the latest stable version of Octopussy from the official website octopussy.pm. Navigate to the Download page and download the .tar.gz file.
After the download is complete, navigate to the location where the file was saved and open the terminal. Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
tar -xzf octopussy-*.tar.gz
This command will extract Octopussy to a directory named octopussy-*.
Octopussy has various dependencies that must be installed before installing Octopussy. Install the dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 curl libapache2-mod-php7.3 libssl-dev libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache-dbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libnet-snmp-perl libxml-simple-perl php7.3-cli php7.3-mysql php7.3-snmp
This command installs Apache web server, SSL libraries, Perl libraries, SNMP, and PHP.
Before running the installation script, we need to configure Octopussy. Navigate to the directory where Octopussy was extracted and run the following commands:
cd octopussy-*/
sudo cp etc/octopussy.cfg.example etc/octopussy.cfg
sudo cp etc/plugins-available.cfg.example etc/plugins-available.cfg
These commands copy the example configuration files to the actual configuration files.
Finally, run the installation script to install Octopussy:
sudo bin/install.sh
The installation script will prompt you to configure the database settings and create an administrator account.
After the installation is complete, access Octopussy by navigating to http://localhost/octopussy/. Login using the administrator account created during the installation process.
Octopussy is a powerful IT inventory and management tool that can be easily installed on Kali Linux Latest. By following this tutorial, you should be able to get Octopussy up and running in no time.
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