Bolt CMS is a popular open-source content management system that helps website owners easily create, manage, and update their site's content. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Bolt CMS on Kali Linux.
Before beginning with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
To install Apache on Kali Linux, open the terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2
Once done, start the Apache web server using the following command:
sudo systemctl start apache2
You can check the status of Apache by running the following command:
sudo systemctl status apache2
Bolt CMS requires PHP 7.2 or higher to function properly. To install the required PHP version, open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php7.4
After installing PHP, you may also need to install some additional modules for Bolt CMS to work properly. Run the following command to install the required PHP modules:
sudo apt-get install php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-cli php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml
Bolt CMS needs a MySQL database to store its data. To install MySQL on Kali Linux, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
After installing MySQL, you need to create a new database and user for Bolt CMS. To do so, login to MySQL server using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Now, create a new database using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE bolt;
Next, create a new user and grant all the necessary permissions to the database using the following commands:
CREATE USER 'boltuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bolt.* TO 'boltuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace 'password' with a strong password of your choice.
Composer is a package manager for PHP that helps in managing the dependencies of Bolt CMS. To install Composer, run the following commands in the terminal:
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
After installing Composer, navigate to the directory where you want to install Bolt CMS.
To install Bolt CMS, run the following command:
composer create-project bolt/composer-install path/to/install
Make sure to replace 'path/to/install' with the path where you want to install Bolt CMS.
Next, change the directory to the installation directory using the following command:
cd path/to/install
Now, run the Bolt CMS installer using the following command:
php ./bin/console bolt:install
Follow the prompts and provide the database details created in Step 3 to complete the installation process.
After completing the installation process, you can access Bolt CMS by navigating to the following URL on your web browser:
http://localhost/path/to/install/public/
Make sure to replace 'path/to/install' with the path where you have installed Bolt CMS.
You have successfully installed Bolt CMS on Kali Linux. With Bolt CMS, you can now create and manage your website's content easily. Happy developing!
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