Drupal is a popular Content Management System (CMS) that provides a platform for building flexible and robust websites. Kali Linux is a Debian-based operating system for information security professionals. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Drupal on Kali Linux.
Before installing Drupal, we must update our system to ensure that we have the latest libraries and dependencies. Open the terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Drupal requires a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack to run. Let's install LAMP stack using the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php
During the installation, you will be asked to set the root password for the MySQL server. Make sure to choose a strong password.
Drupal requires a database to store user information, website content, and other data. Let's create a database and a user for Drupal using the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password when prompted. This will open the MySQL console. Then, run the following commands to create a database and a user:
CREATE DATABASE drupal;
CREATE USER 'drupaluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL ON drupal.* TO 'drupaluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace "password" with a strong password of your choice.
Now, let's download and install Drupal using the following commands:
cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-9.2.0.tar.gz
sudo tar -zxvf drupal-9.2.0.tar.gz
sudo mv drupal-9.2.0/* .
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
We need to configure Apache to serve Drupal. Create a new configuration file for Drupal using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/drupal.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
<Directory /var/www/html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name. Save the file and exit the editor.
Enable the new configuration file and restart Apache using the following commands:
sudo a2ensite drupal.conf
sudo service apache2 restart
Now, let's install Drupal through a web browser. Open a web browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com. Drupal installation page will appear on your screen.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Drupal on Kali Linux latest. You can further customize Drupal and add new modules to it, depending on your needs. Enjoy building your website with the power of Drupal!
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