Installing SourceBans++ on Kali Linux

SourceBans++ is a popular web-based management platform for game servers, widely used by the gaming community. To install SourceBans++ on Kali Linux, follow these simple steps:

Prerequisites

1. Kali Linux Latest
2. Apache 2 web server
3. PHP 7.0 or later
4. MySQL/MariaDB server
5. Git

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 php git mariadb-server

Install SourceBans++

1. Open Terminal and navigate to the document root of Apache web server:

cd /var/www/html/

2. Clone the source code of SourceBans++ from the repository:

sudo git clone https://github.com/sbpp/sourcebans-pp.git

3. Set the correct permissions for the cloned directory:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/sourcebans-pp
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/sourcebans-pp

4. Create a new MySQL/MariaDB database for SourceBans++:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE sbppdb;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sbppdb.* TO 'sbppuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

5. Import the sample database schema and data to the newly created database:

mysql -u sbppuser -p sbppdb < /var/www/html/sourcebans-pp/sql/sourcebans.sql

6. Edit the configuration file /var/www/html/sourcebans-pp/config/config.php according to your server settings:

sudo nano /var/www/html/sourcebans-pp/config/config.php

7. Navigate to the installation page at http://localhost/sourcebans-pp/install/ to complete the web-based installation process.

8. After successfully installing SourceBans++, delete the install directory:

sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/sourcebans-pp/install/

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed SourceBans++ on your Kali Linux system. You can now use it to manage your game servers and users.

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