How to Install Grocy on Kali Linux

Grocy is a free and open-source web-based self-hosted grocery and household management solution. This guide will help you install Grocy on Kali Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you begin the installation, make sure you have the following:

• Kali Linux installed with root privileges
• A web server such as Apache or Nginx
• PHP 7.2 or higher installed on the server
• MariaDB or MySQL installed on the server

Install MariaDB/MySQL

1. Install MariaDB or MySQL by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client -y

2. Once the installation is complete, start the MariaDB/MySQL server and enable it to start on system boot:

sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb

Create MariaDB/MySQL Database and User

1. Log in to MariaDB/MySQL as the root user:

sudo mysql -u root

2. Create a new database using the following command:

CREATE DATABASE grocy;

3. Create a new database user and grant privileges to the database using the following command:

GRANT ALL ON grocy.* to 'grocyuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Note: Replace password with your desired password.

4. Flush the privileges and exit MariaDB/MySQL:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Install Grocy

1. Download the latest version of Grocy from the official Github repository:

wget https://github.com/grocy/grocy/releases/download/v3.2.4/grocy_3.2.4.zip

Note: Replace v3.2.4 with the latest version.

2. Unzip the downloaded file and move it to the web root directory:

unzip grocy_3.2.4.zip -d /var/www/html/
cd /var/www/html/grocy

3. Use curl to download dependencies:

sudo apt install curl
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
sudo apt install php-gd php-curl php-mbstring php-mysql php-xml

4. Install the necessary dependencies for Grocy by running the following command:

sudo composer install --no-dev

5. Copy the configuration file and open it using your favourite text editor:

cp config-dist.php config.php
nano config.php

6. Find the line that says define('GROCY_DATABASE_NAME', 'your_database_name'); and replace your_database_name with the database name you created earlier.

7. Find the line that says define('GROCY_DATABASE_USER', 'your_database_username'); and replace your_database_name with the username you created earlier.

8. Find the line that says define('GROCY_DATABASE_PASSWORD', 'your_database_password'); and replace your_database_password with the password you created earlier.

9. Save and exit the configuration file.

Configure the Web Server

1. Configure the web server. Here is an example for Apache:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/grocy.conf

2. Add the following lines to the configuration file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
   
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/grocy
    <Directory /var/www/html/grocy>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
   
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/grocy_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/grocy_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Note: Replace yourdomain.com with your domain name.

3. Enable the site:

sudo a2ensite grocy.conf

4. Reload the Apache web server:

sudo systemctl reload apache2

Access Grocy

1. Open your web browser and go to your domain name or IP address:

http://yourdomain.com/

2. Fill in the required information and complete the setup.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Grocy on Kali Linux.

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