This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Easy!Appointments on Kali Linux. Easy!Appointments is a web-based appointment scheduling software that allows users to book and manage appointments online.
Before we begin, make sure that your system is updated to the latest version. Also, ensure that you have administrative privileges on your system.
Easy!Appointments requires a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack to run. If you already have a LAMP stack installed, you can skip this step.
To install LAMP stack on Kali Linux, open the terminal and type the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php
During the installation process, you will be prompted to set a MySQL root password. Make sure to remember this password as you will need it later.
After the installation is complete, start Apache and MySQL services by running:
sudo service apache2 start
sudo service mysql start
The next step is to download the latest version of Easy!Appointments from the official website https://easyappointments.org/. You can download it using wget or by downloading it directly from the website.
To download using wget, open the terminal and navigate to the desired location using the cd command. Then, use the following command to download it:
wget https://github.com/alextselegidis/easyappointments/releases/download/1.4.4-beta/easyappointments-1.4.4.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the zip file using the following command:
unzip easyappointments-1.4.4.zip
In this step, we will configure Apache to serve Easy!Appointments on the desired port. By default, Apache serves on port 80, but for security reasons, we will serve on port 8080.
To do this, create a new configuration file in the Apache sites-available directory using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/easyappointments.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot /var/www/easyappointments
<Directory /var/www/easyappointments>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the new configuration using the following command:
sudo a2ensite easyappointments.conf
Finally, restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo service apache2 restart
Easy!Appointments requires a database to store the appointments and other data. To create a new MySQL database, open the terminal and log in to MySQL using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password when prompted.
Then, create a new database by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE easyappointments;
Create a new user and grant privileges on the database using the following command:
GRANT ALL ON easyappointments.* TO 'eauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Replace eauser and password with your preferred username and password.
Exit MySQL by running:
exit
Now that the prerequisites are installed and the database is created, we can proceed with installing Easy!Appointments.
Copy the contents of the Easy!Appointments directory to the Apache web root directory (/var/www/) using the following command:
sudo cp -R easyappointments-1.4.4 /var/www/easyappointments
Change the ownership of the directory to the Apache user (www-data) using the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/easyappointments
Navigate to the Easy!Appointments directory using your web browser by visiting http://localhost:8080/easyappointments/.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Easy!Appointments on Kali Linux. With Easy!Appointments, you can easily manage appointments online and improve the efficiency of your scheduling process.
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