How to Install Convos on Kali Linux Latest

Convos is a modern IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client that is designed to simplify communication between groups or individuals over the internet. It comes with a user-friendly web interface and supports SSL encryption. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Convos on Kali Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, ensure that you have the following prerequisite software installed on your Kali Linux system:

• Perl 5.10 or later
• Redis 2.8 or later
• A web server such as Apache or Nginx
• Git

Step 1: Install required packages

Open the terminal and run the following command to install the required packages:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential git openssl libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libexpat1-dev libredis-perl libssl-dev redis perl nginx certbot python3-certbot-nginx

Step 2: Clone the Convos repository

In this step, we will use Git to clone the Convos repository:

git clone https://github.com/Nordaaker/convos.git

Step 3: Install Convos dependencies

Navigate into the Convos directory and run the following command to install Convos dependencies:

cd convos
sudo cpanm --installdeps .

Step 4: Configure Redis

Now we need to configure Redis for Convos. Open the Redis configuration file with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/redis/redis.conf

Find the following line:

# bind 127.0.0.1

And uncomment it:

bind 127.0.0.1

Save and close the file.

Restart Redis service to apply the changes:

sudo service redis-server restart

Step 5: Configure Nginx

Convos requires an Nginx server to serve its web interface. In this step, we will configure Nginx to serve Convos.

Create an Nginx server block for Convos:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/convos

Add the following content:

upstream convos {
    server 127.0.0.1:8080;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your_domain.com www.your_domain.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name your_domain.com www.your_domain.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/your_domain.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/your_domain.com/privkey.pem;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://convos;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    }
}

Replace your_domain.com with your domain name.

Save and close the file.

Enable the Convos server block:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/convos /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Test the configuration:

sudo nginx -t

If there are no errors, restart Nginx:

sudo service nginx restart

Step 6: Configure Convos

Create a configuration file for Convos:

sudo cp script/convos.conf /etc/convos.conf

Edit the configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/convos.conf

Change the password for the admin user:

admin:
    password: your_password_here

Save and close the file.

Step 7: Start Convos

Start Convos with the following command:

script/convos daemon --listen http://127.0.0.1:8080

Step 8: Verify the installation

Open a web browser and navigate to https://your_domain.com. You should see the Convos login page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Convos on Kali Linux Latest.

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