Installing Darkstat in Linux: web-based traffic analyzer

Installing Darkstat in Linux: web-based traffic analyzer

Darkstat is a simple web-based traffic analysis program. It can work on mainstream operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, MAC, and AIX. It continues to work in the background as a daemon, constantly sniffing network data, and displaying it on its webpage in a simple and understandable form. It can generate traffic reports for hosts to identify which ports are opened on specific hosts. It is compatible with IPv6. Let's take a look at how to install and configure it in Linux.

 

Install and configure Darkstat in Linux

Install Darkstat in Fedora/CentOS/RHEL:

To install it in Fedora/RHEL and CentOS, run the following command.

1. sudo yum install darkstat

Install Darkstat in Ubuntu/Debian:

Run the following command to install it in Ubuntu and Debian.

1. sudo apt-get install darkstat

Congratulations, Darkstat has been installed in your Linux.

 

Configure Darkstat

To run this program correctly, we need to execute some basic configurations. Run the following command to open the/etc/darkstat/init. cfg file in the gedit editor.

1. sudo gedit /etc/darkstat/init.cfg

Edit Darkstat

Modify START_DARKSTAT to yes and provide your network INTERFACE in "INTERFACE. Make sure that the comments of the DIR, PORT, BINDIP, and LOCAL parameters are removed. If you want to bind Darkstat to a specific IP address, provide it in the BINDIP parameter.

 

Start the Darkstat daemon

After installing and configuring Darkstat, run the following command to start its daemon process.

1. sudo /etc/init.d/darkstat start

Restarting Darkstat

You can use the following command to start Darkstat at startup:

1. chkconfig darkstat on

Open the browser and open http: // localhost: 666. It displays the webpage interface of Darkstat. Use this tool to analyze your network traffic.

Darkstat

 

Summary

It is a lightweight tool that occupies a small amount of memory. This tool is easy to configure and use. This is a program that must be owned by the system administrator.

Via: Darkstat is a Web Based Network Traffic Analyzer-Install it on Linux

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