In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps required to install ImageStore on Kali Linux. ImageStore is a self-hosted image management platform designed for personal use.
Before we begin with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed:
The first step is to install Git on your Kali Linux. You can use the following command to install Git:
sudo apt-get install git
After installing Git, we need to clone the ImageStore repository from GitHub. You can use the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/gregordr/ImageStore.git
Once you have cloned the repository, the next step is to install Docker and Docker Compose on your Kali Linux. You can use the following commands to install Docker and Docker Compose:
sudo apt-get install docker.io
sudo apt-get install docker-compose
Before we start the ImageStore application, we need to configure the MySQL database. You can use the following commands to install and configure MySQL on your Kali Linux:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
To configure MySQL, run the following command:
mysql_secure_installation
This command will prompt for some questions to configure MySQL securely.
After configuring MySQL, we need to configure ImageStore. Rename the ".env.example" file to ".env" and modify the database information.
cd ImageStore
mv .env.example .env
nano .env
Then, set the following environment variables:
APP_URL=http://{YOUR_IP_ADDRESS}:8000
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=db
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=imagistore
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD={YOUR_PASSWORD}
Finally, run the ImageStore using the following command:
docker-compose up -d
This command will start the Docker containers in the background.
In this tutorial, we have walked you through the steps required to install ImageStore on Kali Linux. Once the installation is complete, you can access ImageStore on your browser using your server's IP address followed by ":8000". For example, http://{YOUR_IP_ADDRESS}:8000.
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