Installing Dashy on Kali Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install and use Dashy, a real-time dashboard for sysadmins and web developers. Dashy is a web application developed using Python and Flask.

Before starting, ensure that you have Kali Linux Latest installed on your system. In addition, you must have Python 3 and pip installed on your system.

Step 1: Installing Dashy

  1. Open the terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to install Dashy.
  2. Clone the Dashy repository from GitHub using the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/lissy93/dashy.git
  1. Navigate to the cloned directory using the following command:
$ cd dashy
  1. Install the required Python modules by running the following command:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 2: Configuration

  1. Rename the config.yml.default file to config.yml:
$ mv config.yml.default config.yml

  1. Open the config.yml file using any text editor of your choice.

  2. Update the configuration according to your requirements. You can change the following parameters:

  • SECRET_KEY: Secret key for Flask session
  • DASHY_ADMIN_PASSWORD: Dashboard admin password
  • DASHY_USER_PASSWORD: Dashboard user password
  • SERVER_NAME: The URL on which Dashy will be hosted

Step 3: Starting Dashy

  1. Once you have configured the Dashy, you can start it using the following command:
$ python app.py

  1. Once the application is running, you can access the dashboard by opening a web browser and navigating to the URL specified in the SERVER_NAME parameter in config.yml.

  2. The default login credentials are:

  • Username: admin
  • Password: The password you set in the DASHY_ADMIN_PASSWORD parameter in config.yml

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install and configure Dashy, a real-time dashboard for sysadmins and web developers. We also learned how to start and log in to the dashboard. With Dashy, you can monitor your system and application resources in real-time, making it an essential tool for system administrators and developers.