Installing Kerberos.io on Arch Linux

Kerberos.io is an open-source video surveillance software that allows you to monitor your property using a camera. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Kerberos.io on your Arch Linux system.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, you need to make sure that your system is up to date.

$ sudo pacman -Syu

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Apache2

Kerberos.io requires an HTTP server to work properly. In this tutorial, we are going to use Apache2 as an HTTP server. Install it using the following command:

sudo pacman -S apache

Start the Apache web server and enable it to start at boot:

sudo systemctl start httpd.service
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service

PHP

Kerberos.io is written in PHP, so we need to install PHP and some of its extensions:

sudo pacman -S php php-apache php-gd php-mcrypt php-intl

Step 2: Download and Install Kerberos.io

Open your browser and navigate to the Kerberos.io website. Click on the "Download" button to download the latest release of Kerberos.io.

Alternatively, you can download Kerberos.io directly from GitHub:

$ sudo pacman -S git
$ git clone https://github.com/kerberos-io/kerberos-ai.git

Change the directory to the kerberos-ai/ directory.

cd kerberos-ai/

Install the dependencies with Composer.

composer install --no-dev

Step 3: Configure Apache

Create a new virtual host configuration file for Kerberos.io.

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/kerberos.io.conf

Add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  DocumentRoot /path/to/kerberos-ai/public
  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
  <Directory /path/to/kerberos-ai/public>
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride All
      Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Make sure that you replace "path/to/kerberos-ai" with the actual path to the Kerberos.io installation directory on your system.

Save and close the file.

Enable the Kerberos.io virtual host configuration:

sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/extra/kerberos.io.conf /etc/httpd/conf/kerberos.io.conf
sudo systemctl reload httpd.service

Step 4: Set Up the Database

Kerberos.io requires a MySQL database to store its data. Install the MySQL server and client:

sudo pacman -S mariadb mariadb-clients

Start the MySQL server and enable it to start at boot:

sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service

Secure the installation of MySQL:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Create a new database and set the user permissions:

sudo mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE kerberos;
GRANT ALL ON kerberos.* TO 'kerberos'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Make sure that you replace "password" with a secure password of your choice.

Step 5: Configure Kerberos.io

Copy the config/kerberos.php.dist to config/kerberos.php.

cp config/kerberos.php.dist config/kerberos.php

Edit the config/kerberos.php file:

sudo nano config/kerberos.php

Modify the following settings:

'database' => [
  'host' => 'localhost',
  'port' => '3306',
  'database' => 'kerberos',
  'username' => 'kerberos',
  'password' => 'password',
  'adapter' => 'mysql',
],

Make sure that you replace "password" with the password you set for the MySQL user in the previous step.

Step 6: Enjoy Kerberos.io

You’re done! Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost. You should see the Kerberos.io login page.

If you encounter issues, check the Apache error log (/var/log/httpd/error_log) and the PHP error log (/var/log/httpd/php_error_log) for any error messages.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kerberos.io on your Arch Linux system.

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