How to Install Thruk on Kali Linux Latest

Thruk is a web-based Nagios and Icinga monitoring system that provides a clean and modern interface for managing your monitoring environment. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Thruk on Kali Linux latest.

Step 1: Update Kali Linux

Before installing Thruk, it is important to make sure that your Kali Linux system is up to date. Open a terminal and execute the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

Thruk requires several packages to be installed on the system before it can be installed. Execute the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install apache2 libcgi-pm-perl libapache2-mod-perl2 libjson-xs-perl \
libgd-gd2-perl libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libdbd-pg-perl librrds-perl

Step 3: Install Thruk

Once the dependencies are installed, we can proceed to install Thruk. Follow these steps:

  1. Open a terminal and execute the following command to add the Thruk repository to your system:
wget -O - http://mirror.thruk.org/pkg/mirror.thruk.org.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb http://mirror.thruk.org/pkg/deb/stable/ /" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/thruk.list
sudo apt-get update
  1. Install Thruk by executing the following command:
sudo apt-get install thruk
  1. During the installation process, you will be prompted to choose the web server.

thruk-installation-step-1.png

Select apache2 and press enter.

  1. Next, provide a password for the Thruk admin user.

thruk-installation-step-2.png

  1. Finally, you will be asked if you want to configure Nagios/Icinga integration. If you are not using Nagios or Icinga, you can select no.

thruk-installation-step-3.png

Step 4: Open Thruk in the web browser

To access Thruk, open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/thruk/.

You will be prompted to enter the admin credentials you created during the installation process. Once you have entered the credentials, click the Login button.

thruk-login.png

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Thruk on Kali Linux. Now you can use it to manage your monitoring environment with ease.

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