BookStack is an open-source platform for organizing and storing documentation, manuals, and books. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install BookStack on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we start, make sure you have the following:
Before installing any new software, it is recommended to update the system packages.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Next, we need to install some required packages.
sudo apt install zip unzip libpng-dev
Composer is a PHP package manager that is used to install and manage dependencies used in the BookStack. In this step, we will install Composer.
sudo apt install composer
We will download the latest version of Bookstack from the official Github repository.
cd /var/www/
sudo git clone https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack.git
cd BookStack
sudo git checkout release
sudo composer install --no-dev
sudo cp .env.example .env
sudo php artisan key:generate
To store the data of BookStack, we need to create a new database in MySQL.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password and then run the following
CREATE DATABASE bookstack;
CREATE USER 'bookstack'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bookstack.* TO 'bookstack'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace the 'password' with your own secure password.
Now, let's configure the BookStack database connection in the .env file.
sudo nano .env
Find and update the following lines:
DB_DATABASE=bookstack
DB_USERNAME=bookstack
DB_PASSWORD=password
BookStack needs to run on a web server, we will configure Apache for this.
Create a new Apache configuration file for BookStack.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/bookstack.conf
Paste the following lines into the file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/BookStack/public"
ServerName yourdomain.com
<Directory "/var/www/BookStack/public">
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace "yourdomain.com" with your own domain if you have one or use the IP address.
Enable the newly created configuration file and restart the Apache service.
sudo a2ensite bookstack.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now that we have all the configurations in place, we can complete the installation.
Go to your BookStack domain or IP address in your web browser. The installation wizard page will appear.
Follow the on-screen instructions and fill in the details asked.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in using the credentials you provided during the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed BookStack on Kali Linux Latest.
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