Installing cAdvisor on Kali Linux

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install cAdvisor on Kali Linux. cAdvisor is a container monitoring tool used to collect, analyze, and display performance statistics for containers.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation, we need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• Kali Linux installed on your system
• Docker installed on your system

Step-by-Step Guide

Follow these instructions to install cAdvisor on Kali Linux:

1. Open a terminal window on your Kali Linux system.

2. Clone the cAdvisor GitHub repository by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/google/cadvisor.git
   

3. Change directory to the cloned cAdvisor repository by running the following command:

   cd cadvisor
   

4. Build the cAdvisor Docker image by running the following command:

   docker build -t cadvisor:latest .
   

   This will create a Docker image of cAdvisor on your system.

5. Start the cAdvisor container by running the following command:

   docker run -d \
     --volume=/:/rootfs:ro \
     --volume=/var/run:/var/run:ro \
     --volume=/sys:/sys:ro \
     --volume=/var/lib/docker/:/var/lib/docker:ro \
     --publish=8080:8080 \
     --name=cadvisor \
     cadvisor:latest
   

   This will start the cAdvisor container on your system on the port 8080.

6. Open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8080 to access the cAdvisor dashboard.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed cAdvisor on Kali Linux.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install cAdvisor on Kali Linux. By following these simple steps, you can easily start monitoring your containers using cAdvisor.