Installing DirectoryLister on Elementary OS Latest

DirectoryLister is a web-based application that allows you to list the contents of a directory on a web server. In this tutorial, we will be installing DirectoryLister on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Apache web server
• PHP
• MySQL (or any other database of your choice)

Step 1: Download DirectoryLister

First, download the latest version of DirectoryLister from the official website. You can use the following command to download the latest version:

wget https://github.com/DirectoryLister/DirectoryLister/archive/main.zip

Step 2: Extract the Archive

Next, extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

unzip main.zip

This will extract the DirectoryLister files into a directory called DirectoryLister-main.

Step 3: Configure the Database

Before we can start using DirectoryLister, we need to configure the database. Open the config.php file located in the DirectoryLister-main directory:

nano DirectoryLister-main/config.php

Edit the following lines in the config.php file to include your database information:

$config['db']['host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db']['username'] = 'root';
$config['db']['password'] = 'password';
$config['db']['database'] = 'database_name';

Make sure to replace localhost, root, password, and database_name with your own database information.

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Move DirectoryLister to the Web Server Directory

Next, move the DirectoryLister-main folder to the web server directory. In this example, we will move it to the var/www/html directory:

sudo mv DirectoryLister-main /var/www/html/DirectoryLister

Step 5: Create a Virtual Host

Now, we need to create a virtual host for DirectoryLister. Open the Apache configuration file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/directorylister.conf

Add the following lines to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName directorylister.local
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/DirectoryLister
    <Directory /var/www/html/DirectoryLister/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Enable the Virtual Host

Next, enable the virtual host using the following command:

sudo a2ensite directorylister.conf

Step 7: Restart Apache

Finally, restart Apache to apply the changes using the following command:

sudo service apache2 restart

Step 8: Accessing DirectoryLister

You can now access DirectoryLister by navigating to http://directorylister.local in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed DirectoryLister on Elementary OS Latest.

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