Caddy is a web server that is designed to be easy to use and set up. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Caddy on Kali Linux Latest.
Before installing any new packages or software on Kali Linux, it's important to ensure that your system is up to date. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
To download Caddy on Kali Linux, use the curl command:
curl https://getcaddy.com | bash -s personal
The above command will download Caddy and install it in your system.
Once the installation is complete, you can verify whether Caddy is installed successfully by running the following command:
caddy version
If Caddy is installed properly, you should see the version number.
To test whether Caddy is working correctly on Kali Linux, you can create a simple web page and start the server using Caddy. Create a file named “index.html” and add some HTML content to it, such as:
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
Save the file in the /var/www/html directory. Then, start the server by running the following command:
sudo caddy run
If everything is working well, you should now be able to access the web page by opening a web browser and visiting http://localhost.
To configure Caddy to serve your websites, you'll need to create a Caddyfile. This file specifies the configuration options for Caddy, such as the port to listen on and which sites to serve.
To create a Caddyfile, create a new file named “Caddyfile” in the /etc/caddy directory:
nano /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
In the file, you can specify the configuration options for Caddy, such as:
example.com {
root /var/www/example.com
encode gzip
log /var/log/caddy/access.log
}
This example configuration specifies that requests to example.com should be served from the /var/www/example.com directory, enable Gzip compression, and log access to /var/log/caddy/access.log.
Once you've finished configuring Caddy, you can start the server using the following command:
sudo systemctl start caddy
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Caddy on Kali Linux Latest. Once you've installed Caddy, you can use it to serve your websites quickly and easily.
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