How to Install and Uninstall monit Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "monit" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install monit on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                monit
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "monit" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall monit on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                monit
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the monit package on Kali Linux

Package: monit
Version: 1:5.33.0-2
Installed-Size: 1071
Maintainer: Fabio Augusto De Muzio Tobich
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.36), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Suggests: default-mta | postfix | mail-transport-agent, sysvinit-core
Size: 365624
SHA256: 5f2b1fb8727fd94de98d88568fb83ff3251caad7e7400a2ffdfd93f236846017
SHA1: 75a599916b053e812d99053aa6a27551c723a58c
MD5sum: 383073e87bb1644beea890e776d6721f
Description: utility for monitoring and managing daemons or similar programs
monit is a utility for monitoring and managing daemons or similar
programs running on a Unix system. It will start specified programs
if they are not running and restart programs not responding.
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monit supports:
* Daemon mode - poll programs at a specified interval
* Monitoring modes - active, passive or manual
* Start, stop and restart of programs
* Group and manage groups of programs
* Process dependency definition
* Logging to syslog or own logfile
* Configuration - comprehensive controlfile
* Runtime and TCP/IP port checking (tcp and udp)
* SSL support for port checking
* Unix domain socket checking
* Process status and process timeout
* Process cpu usage
* Process memory usage
* Process zombie check
* Check the systems load average
* Check a file or directory timestamp
* Alert, stop or restart a process based on its characteristics
* MD5 checksum for programs started and stopped by monit
* Alert notification for program timeout, restart, checksum, stop
resource and timestamp error
* Flexible and customizable email alert messages
* Protocol verification. HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, NNTP, SSH, DWP,
LDAPv2 and LDAPv3
* An http interface with optional SSL support to make monit
accessible from a webbrowser
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://mmonit.com/monit/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon,
network::hiavailability, network::server, role::program, use::monitor,
works-with::software:running
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/monit/monit_5.33.0-2_amd64.deb