Kimai is a free and open-source time tracking software for personal and business use. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Kimai on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before we start installing Kimai, make sure your Kali Linux system is up-to-date. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
This will update the existing packages in your system.
Kimai is written in PHP language and requires a web server and database to run. In this step, we will install the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on Kali Linux.
Run the following command to install the LAMP stack:
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php
During the installation, you will be asked to set a password for the MySQL root user. Enter a strong password and note it down for future use.
After the installation completes, start the Apache and MySQL services and enable them to start at boot time:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Now, we will download and install Kimai on Kali Linux. Follow the below steps:
Download the latest Kimai version from the official website https://www.kimai.org/.
Extract the downloaded file.
Copy the extracted files to the web root directory /var/www/html:
sudo cp -r kimai/* /var/www/html
Change the ownership of the /var/www/html directory and its contents to the Apache user and group:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
Create a MySQL database and user for Kimai:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE kimai;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON kimai.* TO 'kimai_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace password with a strong password.
Edit the Kimai configuration file /var/www/html/kimai/.env:
sudo nano /var/www/html/kimai/.env
Update the following values:
APP_ENV=prod
APP_SECRET=your-secret-key
DATABASE_URL=mysql://kimai_user:password@localhost/kimai
Replace your-secret-key with a random string.
Now, open the web browser and navigate to http://localhost. You will see the Kimai login page.
Enter the default username admin and password changeme to log in. You can change the default password after login.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kimai on Kali Linux Latest. You can now use Kimai to track your time for personal or business use.
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