How to Install cState on Kali Linux

cState is a simple and easy-to-use web server monitoring tool that visualizes the performance metrics of your web servers in real-time. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install cState on Kali Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, ensure that you have the following:

• Kali Linux Latest version running on your system
• Sudo privileges to install packages

Steps to Install cState on Kali Linux

Follow the given steps to install cState on Kali Linux:

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, we need to install the dependencies that cState relies on. Open up the terminal window and run the following command:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git python3-pip

Step 2: Clone cState GitHub Repository

Next, we need to clone the cState GitHub repository. Run the following command in the terminal window:

git clone https://github.com/cstate/cstate.git

Step 3: Install cState

To install cState, navigate to the cloned cState directory:

cd cstate

Then, use pip3 to install the required Python modules:

sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: Run cState

After installing the required modules, we are ready to start cState. Run the following command in the same directory:

sudo python3 cstate.py

Step 5: Configuring cState

Once started, cState will be listening on port 8000. If you want to change this, you can modify the config.yaml file in the cState directory.

You can access the cState interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8000 in the address bar.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed and configured cState on Kali Linux. Now you can use cState to monitor the performance metrics of your web servers.