How to Install Bloonix Monitoring Tool on Kali Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we'll go over the steps to install Bloonix on Kali Linux. Bloonix is a free and open-source monitoring and alerting system designed for small and medium-sized businesses.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation of Bloonix, make sure that you have the following prerequisites in place:

  • Latest Kali Linux version is installed on your system.
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Update your system

Make sure your Kali Linux is up-to-date.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install Dependencies

To install Bloonix, first, we need to install the required dependencies.

sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-json php5-mcrypt mariadb-server

Note: If you prefer using PHP 7, please replace php5 with php7.0 in the above command.

Step 3: Install Bloonix

To download and install Bloonix, follow these steps:

cd /tmp
wget -O bloonix.tar.gz https://dl.bloonix-monitoring.org/bloonix-1.7.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf bloonix.tar.gz
cd bloonix-1.7.0
sudo ./install.sh

The above command will install Bloonix on your system. During the installation, you will be asked to provide the necessary details like MySQL root password, and a new password to be used for Bloonix Server, user and Web-Interface.

Step 4: Allow necessary ports

Make sure the following ports are allowed in the Kali Linux firewall:

  • TCP Port 80: for access to web interface
  • TCP Port 5665: for communication between Bloonix web interface and Monitoring Server
  • TCP Port 5666: for communication between Bloonix Monitoring Server and your agents
sudo ufw allow 80/tcp
sudo ufw allow 5665/tcp
sudo ufw allow 5666/tcp

Step 5: Access Bloonix Web Interface

Open your web browser and enter the following URL: http://<IP Address>/bloonix/

Replace <IP Address> with the IP address of your Kali Linux machine. You'll be redirected to the login page of your Bloonix installation.

Note: If you get an error message that the page cannot be displayed, or the server is not available, make sure that the apache2 service is running on your machine.

sudo service apache2 status

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Bloonix on Kali Linux. You can proceed with setting up monitoring by adding hosts, services and checks, and configuring alerts.