Prometheus is an open-source system monitoring and alerting toolkit. In this tutorial, we will discuss the steps required to install Prometheus on Kali Linux.
Before proceeding with the installation of Prometheus, ensure that your Kali Linux system is up-to-date.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Visit the Prometheus official download page at http://prometheus.io/download/ and download the latest version of Prometheus.
wget https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.33.1/prometheus-2.33.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
After downloading Prometheus, extract the tarball to the /usr/local/ directory using the following command:
sudo tar xzf prometheus-2.33.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local
Create a configuration file prometheus.yml for Prometheus and add the necessary configuration parameters.
sudo nano /usr/local/prometheus-2.33.1.linux-amd64/prometheus.yml
Add the following configuration content to the file:
global:
scrape_interval: 15s
evaluation_interval: 15s
scrape_configs:
- job_name: 'prometheus'
scrape_interval: 5s
static_configs:
- targets: ['localhost:9090']
Start Prometheus using the following command:
sudo /usr/local/prometheus-2.33.1.linux-amd64/prometheus &
Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:9090. You should see the Prometheus web interface.
In this tutorial, we have discussed the steps required to install Prometheus on Kali Linux. You can now use Prometheus to monitor and alert on system metrics.
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