Horde is an open-source groupware platform that provides webmail, calendar, contacts, and task management functionalities. In this tutorial, we will see how to install Horde on Kali Linux Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
The first step in installing any software is to update the package list of your Kali Linux system. Open your terminal emulator and run the following command:
sudo apt update
This command will fetch the latest package list and update your system.
Horde requires a web server like Apache to function properly. If you have not installed it already, run the following command to install Apache:
sudo apt install apache2
Once the installation is complete, start the Apache service by running:
sudo systemctl start apache2
You can check if Apache is running correctly by browsing to http://localhost. You should see the Apache default page.
Horde is a PHP-based application, so we need to install PHP and some required PHP modules. Run the following command to install PHP:
sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-curl php-mbstring php-pear php-gd php-intl php-json php-mysql php-xml
This command will install PHP and all the required modules.
Now, we can download the Horde source code from its official website. Run the following command to download the Horde source code:
wget https://github.com/horde/horde/releases/download/groupware-6.2.38/horde-webmail-6.2.38.tar.gz
This command will download the Horde source code to your current working directory.
Next, extract the downloaded archive by running:
tar -xvf horde-webmail-6.2.38.tar.gz
This command will extract the source code to a new directory named horde-webmail-6.2.38.
Now, move this directory to your web server's document root, which is /var/www/html in our case. Run the following command to move the directory:
sudo mv horde-webmail-6.2.38 /var/www/html/horde
This command will move the horde-webmail-6.2.38 directory to /var/www/html/horde.
At this point, we have installed Horde on our system, but we still need to configure it. First, we need to create a new MySQL database for Horde. Run the following commands to create a new MySQL database and user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE horde;
CREATE USER 'hordeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON horde.* TO 'hordeuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Next, we need to configure Horde to use this database. Copy the config/conf.php.dist file to config/conf.php by running the following command:
sudo cp /var/www/html/horde/config/conf.php.dist /var/www/html/horde/config/conf.php
Open the config/conf.php file in your favorite text editor and modify the database settings as follows:
$conf['sql']['phptype'] = 'mysqli';
$conf['sql']['hostspec'] = 'localhost';
$conf['sql']['username'] = 'hordeuser';
$conf['sql']['password'] = 'password';
$conf['sql']['database'] = 'horde';
Replace password with the password you set earlier.
Finally, set the correct file permissions on the config/conf.php file by running:
sudo chmod 640 /var/www/html/horde/config/conf.php
Now, we are ready to use Horde. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/horde. You should see the Horde login page.
Use the default username admin and the password password to login. Once you have logged in, you can configure Horde to your liking and start using its various features.
In this tutorial, we have seen how to install Horde on Kali Linux Latest. Horde is a powerful groupware platform that can help you manage your emails, calendars, contacts, and tasks. With this installation, you should be able to use Horde on your Kali Linux system with ease.
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