How to Install ShortURL on Kali Linux

ShortURL is a tool that allows you to shorten long URLs for more accessible sharing. In this tutorial, we will be installing ShortURL on Kali Linux, the latest version.

Before proceeding, make sure that you have root access to your Kali Linux machine.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

First, we need to install the dependencies required to run ShortURL. Open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip git

This command will install Python 3, the pip package manager, and the Git version control system.

Step 2: Clone the ShortURL Repository

Next, we need to clone the ShortURL repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command in the terminal:

git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/shorturl.git

This will create a directory named shorturl in your current working directory, which contains the ShortURL source code.

Step 3: Install Python Dependencies

Move into the shorturl directory, and install the required Python dependencies using pip. Run the following commands in the terminal:

cd shorturl
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

This will install Flask, the Python web framework, and several other dependencies required by ShortURL.

Step 4: Configure ShortURL

Before running ShortURL, we need to make some configuration changes. Open the config.py file using your preferred text editor:

nano config.py

Here, you can set the BASE_URL variable to the domain or IP address of your ShortURL service.

You can also set the DATABASE_URI variable to the path or URL of the database file that will be used to store ShortURL mappings. By default, ShortURL uses a SQLite database located at data/db.sqlite.

Step 5: Run ShortURL

Finally, we are ready to run ShortURL. Start the server by running the following command in the terminal:

python3 shorturl.py

This will start the Flask web server, and you should see output similar to the following:

* Serving Flask app "shorturl" (lazy loading)
* Environment: production
  WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment.
  Use a production WSGI server instead.
* Debug mode: off
* Running on http://0.0.0.0:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

ShortURL is now up and running on your Kali Linux machine. To access the web interface, open a web browser and go to http://localhost:5000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install ShortURL on Kali Linux. With ShortURL, you can easily shorten long URLs and make them more accessible for sharing.

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