Installing Apaxy on Kali Linux

Apaxy is a simple and elegant theme for Apache-based web servers. It provides a high-quality index page for web directories which is customizable using simple configuration files. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Apaxy on Kali Linux latest.

Prerequisites

To install Apaxy on Kali Linux, you need the following prerequisites:

Installing Apaxy on Kali Linux

Follow the steps given below to install Apaxy on Kali Linux:

  1. Download Apaxy from the official website, https://oupala.github.io/apaxy/. You can use the wget command to download the zip file:

    wget https://codeload.github.com/oupala/apaxy/zip/master
    
  2. Unzip the downloaded file using the following command:

    unzip apaxy-master.zip -d /var/www/html/
    
  3. Rename the extracted folder to apaxy using the following command:

    mv /var/www/html/apaxy-master /var/www/html/apaxy
    
  4. Now, navigate to the apaxy directory:

    cd /var/www/html/apaxy
    
  5. Copy the .htaccess file to your document root directory:

    cp htaccess.txt /var/www/html/.htaccess
    
  6. Copy the apaxy.conf file to Apache sites-enabled directory:

    cp apaxy.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
    
  7. Restart the Apache web server:

    systemctl restart apache2
    
  8. Now, you can access the Apaxy index page by navigating to your web directory in a web browser. For example, if your web directory is /var/www/html, then you can access the Apaxy index page by navigating to http://localhost.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Apaxy on Kali Linux. If you face any issues during the installation, please leave a comment below.

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