In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Audioserve, an open-source self-hosted audiobook server, on Kali Linux. We will be using the latest version of Kali Linux for this tutorial.
Before we begin, make sure the following prerequisites are met:
Audioserve requires a few dependencies to be installed on the system. Open the terminal and execute the following commands to install the necessary dependencies.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git curl build-essential
sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev libpq-dev libsodium-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libavdevice-dev
sudo apt-get install -y cargo
These commands will update the package list, install necessary packages such as git, curl and the above mentioned libraries.
Once the dependencies are installed on the system, you can proceed to clone the Audioserve repository. Execute the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/izderadicka/audioserve
This will clone the Audioserve repository into your current working directory.
After cloning the repository, cd into the audioserve directory and build the project with the following command:
cd audioserve
cargo build --release
This will build Audioserve and create the executable in ./target/release/audioserve.
Audioserve needs to be configured to serve the audiobook files. Create a new configuration file with the following command:
nano audioserve.toml
Add the following lines to the configuration file:
[server]
listen = "0.0.0.0:3000"
[library]
path = "/path/to/audiobooks"
The server section specifies the listening address and port for Audioserve. By default it listens to 0.0.0.0:3000, which means that it will listen on all interfaces on port 3000.
The library section specifies the path to the directory where audiobook files are stored.
Replace /path/to/audiobooks with the path to the directory where the audiobook files are stored on your system. You can use relative or absolute paths.
Save and close the file.
Finally, start Audioserve with the following command:
./target/release/audioserve --config audioserve.toml
This will start Audioserve and it will listen on the port specified in the configuration file.
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000, and you should see the Audioserve web interface.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install and configure Audioserve on Kali Linux. Audioserve is now ready to serve audiobook files to any device on your network.
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