Ombi is a self-hosted web application that allows you to manage and request media from your favorite services such as Plex, Emby, etc. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Ombi on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:
To start, open a terminal or SSH session and update your system using the command below:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
This will update your package repository and upgrade any outdated packages.
Next, we'll install the dependencies required to run Ombi. These dependencies include Mono, a cross-platform implementation of the .NET framework. Run the following command to install Mono:
sudo apt install mono-runtime mono-complete fontconfig libssl-dev libffi-dev libsqlite3-dev libmariadbclient-dev-compat -y
This installs all the required dependencies.
We'll now download and install the latest version of Ombi. To download the latest version, use the following command:
sudo wget https://github.com/Ombi-app/Ombi/releases/download/v4.0.3/ombi.zip -O ombi.zip
This will download the latest version of Ombi (v4.0.3) in ZIP format to your working directory.
Extract the downloaded ZIP file using the following command:
sudo unzip ombi.zip -d /opt/Ombi
This will extract the contents of the ZIP file to /opt/Ombi/.
We'll now configure Ombi to run as a service. To do so, we'll first create a new configuration file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ombi.service
This will open the Nano text editor. Copy and paste the following lines into the text editor:
[Unit]
Description=Ombi
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/opt/Ombi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono /opt/Ombi/Ombi.dll --pathbase /ombi
Restart=always
User=root
Group=root
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save and exit the text editor by pressing CTRL + X, followed by Y, and then ENTER.
Now that we have created the Ombi service file, we'll start the Ombi service using the following command:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start ombi
This will start the Ombi service.
Ombi will now be running as a service on port 5000. To access Ombi, open a web browser and navigate to http://<your-server-IP>:5000/ombi, where <your-server-IP> is the IP address of your Kali Linux server.
You may need to allow access through your firewall by opening port 5000. To do so, use the following command:
sudo ufw allow 5000/tcp
This will allow incoming traffic to port 5000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Ombi on Kali Linux Latest. You can now configure and use Ombi to manage and request media from your favorite services.
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