Miniflux is a minimalist and open-source RSS feed reader that helps you stay up to date with your favorite websites. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Miniflux on Kali Linux Latest.
Before installing Miniflux, we need to make sure that our system has all the necessary dependencies installed. Open your terminal and type the following command to update the package list:
sudo apt update
Next, we'll install the dependencies required by Miniflux:
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib nginx certbot python3-certbot-nginx
Miniflux uses PostgreSQL as its database management system. We need to create a new database and a PostgreSQL user to access that database. Run the following commands to create a new database named "miniflux" and a user named "minifluxuser":
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE miniflux;"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER minifluxuser WITH PASSWORD 'your-password';"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE miniflux TO minifluxuser;"
Make sure to replace "your-password" with your own strong password.
We can now download and install Miniflux on our system. First, we need to download the latest release of Miniflux:
wget https://github.com/miniflux/miniflux/releases/download/2.0.31/miniflux-2.0.31-linux-amd64.tar.gz
Next, extract the downloaded archive:
tar -zxvf miniflux-2.0.31-linux-amd64.tar.gz
We can now move the extracted files to the /opt/miniflux directory:
sudo mv miniflux /opt/
Finally, we need to create a service file for Miniflux:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/miniflux.service
Paste the following content into the file:
[Unit]
Description=Miniflux RSS reader
After=postgresql.service
[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
Group=root
WorkingDirectory=/opt/miniflux/
ExecStart=/opt/miniflux/miniflux
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save and close the file.
We can now start Miniflux by running:
sudo systemctl start miniflux
To enable Miniflux to start automatically at boot, run:
sudo systemctl enable miniflux
By default, Miniflux listens on port 8080. We can configure Nginx to proxy requests to Miniflux and also enable HTTPS for secure communication.
Create a new Nginx server block:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/miniflux
Paste the following content into the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your-domain.com;
rewrite ^ https://$host$request_uri? permanent;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name your-domain.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/privkey.pem;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}
Make sure to replace "your-domain.com" with your own domain name.
Save and close the file.
Create a symbolic link to the sites-enabled directory:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/miniflux /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Test the Nginx configuration and restart Nginx:
sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl restart nginx
Finally, we can obtain and install a free SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt using Certbot:
sudo certbot --nginx -d your-domain.com
We can access Miniflux at https://your-domain.com. The default username and password are "admin" and "admin". Once you log in, you can change the default password and start adding RSS feeds.
You can also edit the Miniflux configuration by modifying the /opt/miniflux/config.toml file.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Miniflux on Kali Linux Latest.
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