Misskey is a decentralized, open-source social network that enables users to share thoughts, ideas, and media with others. It's a great alternative to centralized social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the step-by-step process of how to install Misskey on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we get started with the installation, you'll need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Before we begin to install Misskey, we need to update our system as follows:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Misskey is built using Node.js, so we'll need to install it on our system. Use the following command to install Node.js:
sudo apt install nodejs -y
You can verify the installation by running the following command:
node -v
This should give you the installed version of Node.js on your system.
NPM is the package manager for Node.js. We need to install it using the following command:
sudo apt install npm -y
Verify its installation by running the following command:
npm -v
Misskey uses MongoDB to store its data. We need to install it first using the following command:
sudo apt install mongodb -y
By default, MongoDB starts automatically. You can verify it by running the following command:
sudo systemctl status mongodb
Next, we need to clone the Misskey Git repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/syuilo/misskey.git
Navigate to the Misskey directory you just cloned:
cd misskey
Run the following command to install Misskey:
npm install
We need to create a configuration file for Misskey using the following command:
cp config.sample.json config.json
Open the config.json file using any text editor:
nano config.json
Make the following changes:
Set the "homeUrl" to the URL of your Misskey instance.
Set the "mongoUrl" to "mongodb://localhost/misskey".
Set "accessTokenSecret", "sessionSecret", "cookieSecret" to random strings. You can generate these strings by running the following command:
openssl rand -base64 32
Copy the output and use it as the value for these fields.
Update other fields as per your requirements.
Start Misskey using the following command:
npm start
This command should start Misskey, and you should be able to access it by visiting the URL you set in the "homeUrl" field.
In this tutorial, we have shown you step-by-step how to install Misskey on Kali Linux. Once you have installed it, you're ready to start using Misskey as an alternative to more centralized social media platforms.
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