How to Install Isso on Kali Linux

Isso is a lightweight commenting server that you can use to set up your own commenting system on your website. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Isso on Kali Linux.

Step 1: Update and Upgrade System

First, update and upgrade the packages installed on your system.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

Isso requires some dependencies to be installed before it can be installed. Install the dependencies using the following command.

sudo apt install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3-virtualenv build-essential libsodium23

Step 3: Install Isso

Now, we can proceed to install Isso.

1. Create a virtual environment for Isso

mkdir isso
cd isso
python3 -m virtualenv venv

2. Activate the virtual environment

source venv/bin/activate

3. Install Isso using pip

pip3 install isso

Step 4: Configure Isso

Isso requires a configuration file to be created. You can create a sample configuration file by running the following command.

isso -vvvv -c /path/to/isso/isso.conf.example

This command creates a sample configuration file named isso.conf.example in the current directory.

Open the configuration file and make changes as per your requirements.

nano /path/to/isso/isso.conf.example

Step 5: Run Isso

After configuring Isso, you can now run it using the following command.

venv/bin/isso -c /path/to/isso/isso.conf run

Isso is now running and you can access it through a web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install and configure Isso on Kali Linux. Isso is a great commenting server that can be used to set up a commenting system on your website at a low cost.

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