Anahita is an open-source social networking platform that allows users to create and manage their own social networks. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps required to install Anahita on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we begin with the installation, you need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met:
The first step is to download the latest version of Anahita from its official website. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
wget https://www.getanahita.com/download/anahita/latest
Next, we will extract the downloaded package using the following command:
tar -zxvf latest
This will create a new directory called anahita in the current directory.
Now we need to create a virtual host for Anahita. You can do this by creating a configuration file in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory. You can use any text editor of your preference. For example:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/anahita.conf
Then, paste the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
ServerName anahita.example.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/anahita/
<Directory /path/to/anahita/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/anahita-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/anahita-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
In this configuration, replace admin@example.com with your email address and anahita.example.com with the domain name you want to use for Anahita. Also, make sure to replace /path/to/anahita/ with the actual path to the anahita directory.
Save and exit the file.
After creating the virtual host, we need to enable it using the following command:
sudo a2ensite anahita.conf
Next, we need to restart Apache2 to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now we need to create a new MySQL database and user for Anahita. You can do this by running the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
This will prompt you to enter your MySQL root password. After that, you can create a new database and user by running the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE anahita;
CREATE USER 'anahita'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON anahita.* TO 'anahita'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace password with a strong password for the user.
Next, we need to configure Anahita by creating a new configuration file. You can do this by copying the sample configuration file located in the anahita/configuration/ directory:
cd /path/to/anahita/configuration/
cp configuration.php.dist configuration.php
Then, edit the configuration.php file using any text editor of your preference:
sudo nano configuration.php
And update the configurations to match your environment. For example:
define('DATABASE_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DATABASE_NAME', 'anahita');
define('DATABASE_USER', 'anahita');
define('DATABASE_PASSWORD', 'password');
Make sure to replace password with the password you set for the MySQL user.
Finally, we can install Anahita by visiting the domain name you set in the virtual host configuration. For example, if you set anahita.example.com, you can visit it in your web browser by typing http://anahita.example.com/.
Follow the installation wizard steps, and you're done!
In this tutorial, we have outlined the steps required to install Anahita on Kali Linux Latest. By following this tutorial, you can create and manage your own social network using Anahita.
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