XBackBone is a lightweight, open-source web application designed to simplify file transfer through a web interface. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing XBackBone on Kali Linux.
Before installing XBackBone on Kali Linux, make sure the following requirements are met:
To begin with, open the terminal window and navigate to the directory where you want to install XBackBone. Then, clone the XBackBone repository from Github using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/rockswang/xbackbone.git
Next, you need to configure your web server to serve the XBackBone application. If you are using Apache web server, create a virtual host for the XBackBone application. To do so, open the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory and create a new virtual host file:
cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
sudo nano xbackbone.conf
Add the following contents inside the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /path/to/xbackbone
ServerName <your.domain>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace /path/to/xbackbone with the path to the XBackBone directory that you cloned in step 1, and <your.domain> with the domain or IP address of your server.
Save the file and exit the editor. Next, enable the virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite xbackbone.conf
Finally, restart the Apache service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
XBackBone comes with a sample configuration file located at /path/to/xbackbone/config.example.php. To use it, make a copy of the file and rename it to config.php:
cd /path/to/xbackbone/
cp config.example.php config.php
Next, edit the config.php file using a text editor like nano:
nano config.php
In the config.php file, you can configure various settings such as the upload and download directories, maximum file size, default language, and more.
You are now ready to access the XBackBone web interface by visiting the domain or IP address you specified in step 2 in your web browser. You should see the XBackBone login page.
Enter the default username and password, which is admin and admin, respectively. Once you are logged in, you can start using XBackBone to transfer files through your web browser.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install XBackBone on Kali Linux, configure the web server, set up the configuration file, and access the web interface. XBackBone is a great tool to simplify file transfer and can be used for a variety of purposes.
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