In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Elkarbackup on Kali Linux. Elkarbackup is a free, open-source backup solution that you can use to backup your files and data.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure that your Kali Linux system meets the following requirements:
To install Elkarbackup on Kali Linux, we need to install some required dependencies, such as Apache, PHP, and MySQL.
To install the dependencies, open your terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install apache2 php7.4 php7.4-mysql mysql-server
During the installation, you will be prompted to set a root password for MySQL. Make sure to remember this password as we will need it later.
To download Elkarbackup, we need to clone the Elkarbackup repository from GitHub. To do that, run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/elkarbackup/elkarbackup.git
The command will download the Elkarbackup source code to the current working directory.
After downloading the source code, we need to configure Apache to serve Elkarbackup. To do that, we need to create a new virtual host for Elkarbackup.
To create a new virtual host, create a new file in the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory. You can name the file whatever you want, but make sure it has the .conf extension. Here, we will create a elkarbackup.conf file.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/elkarbackup.conf
Copy and paste the following configuration code in the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_server_name_or_IP_address
DocumentRoot /path/to/elkarbackup/
<Directory /path/to/elkarbackup/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/elkarbackup_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/elkarbackup_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace your_server_name_or_IP_address with your server name or IP address and replace /path/to/elkarbackup/ with the actual path to where you downloaded the Elkarbackup source code.
Save and close the file.
After creating the virtual host file, disable the default virtual host and enable the new Elkarbackup virtual host by running the following commands:
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
sudo a2ensite elkarbackup.conf
Then, restart Apache.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
After configuring Apache, we can now install Elkarbackup. To do that, navigate to the Elkarbackup directory that you cloned earlier.
cd elkarbackup
Run the following command to install Elkarbackup:
sudo ./install.sh
The installation script will prompt you to input your MySQL root password. Enter the password that you set during Step 1.
After that, the script will install all the required packages for Elkarbackup.
Once the installation is complete, you can access Elkarbackup by opening your web browser and navigating to http://your_server_name_or_IP_address/elkarbackup/.
You will be prompted to create a new database for Elkarbackup. Enter your MySQL root password and click on the Create button.
After that, you will be redirected to the Elkarbackup login page. Login with the username admin and the password admin.
You will be prompted to change the default password for admin. Follow the instructions to set a new password.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Elkarbackup on Kali Linux. You can now configure and start backing up your data.
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