Piler is an open source email archiving software that allows you to archive, retrieve, and analyze email messages. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Piler on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
Firstly, we need to install some packages needed for Piler to work correctly:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 php7.4-fpm php7.4-ldap php7.4-imap libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-curl php7.4-mysql php7.4-mcrypt php7.4-gd fpdf pdftk ghostscript ffmpeg imagemagick poppler-utils sqlite3
Next, we will download and extract the Piler archive. Run the following commands to download and extract the archive:
wget https://bitbucket.org/jsuto/piler/downloads/piler-1.3.9.tar.gz
tar -xzf piler-1.3.9.tar.gz
After the archive is extracted, we need to configure Apache2 web server to serve Piler. Create a new virtual host configuration file for Piler:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/piler.conf
Add the following lines to the file and save it:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName piler.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/piler/web
<Directory /var/www/piler/web>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/piler_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/piler_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace "piler.example.com" with your own domain name. Then, enable the new virtual host and disable the default Apache2 website:
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
sudo a2ensite piler.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2
Now, we need to create a MySQL database for Piler. Login to MySQL as root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then create a new database and database user:
CREATE DATABASE piler;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON piler.* TO 'pileruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace "password" with a strong password of your choice.
Next, we need to configure Piler to use the newly created MySQL database. Copy the "config.php.sample" file to "config.php":
cd piler-1.3.9
cp config.php.sample config.php
Then edit the "config.php" file and update the following lines:
$config['dbtype'] = 'mysql';
$config['dbhost'] = 'localhost';
$config['dbname'] = 'piler';
$config['dbuser'] = 'pileruser';
$config['dbpass'] = 'password';
Remember to replace the "password" with the password you set for the MySQL database user.
Final step is to install Piler. Run the following commands:
sudo ./installer.sh
sudo ./console security:generate-passwords
sudo ./console security:setup
During the installation, Piler will prompt you for some settings. Set your preferred settings according to your needs.
That's it! You have successfully installed Piler on Kali Linux Latest. Now you can access the Piler web interface by browsing to "http://piler.example.com".
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