How to Install Shaark on Fedora Server Latest

Shaark is a web-based network traffic analyzer that provides insights about network traffic and helps network administrators to identify issues and vulnerabilities. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Shaark on Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • Fedora Server Latest installed on your system.
  • A sudo user with administrative privileges.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

First, you need to install some dependencies required for Shaark to work properly. To do that, execute the following command in your terminal:

sudo dnf install -y wget git httpd httpd-devel php php-devel php-bcmath php-mbstring php-common php-pdo php-xmlrpc php-gd php-json php-xml

The command above will install the required dependencies for Shaark on Fedora Server Latest.

Step 2: Install Shaark

Once the dependencies are installed, it's time to install Shaark. You can do that by following these steps:

  1. Clone the Shaark repository using the git command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/MarceauKa/shaark /var/www/html/shaark
  1. Change the directory to the Shaark directory:
cd /var/www/html/shaark
  1. Use the wget command to download the latest release of Composer:
sudo wget https://getcomposer.org/download/2.1.8/composer.phar -O /usr/local/bin/composer
  1. Give executable permission to Composer:
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer
  1. Use Composer to install the required dependencies:
sudo composer install
  1. Copy the example configuration file to the main Shaark configuration file:
sudo cp config/config.yml.sample config/config.yml

Step 3: Configure Shaark

Before starting the Shaark service, we need to configure it. To do that, you need to edit the Shaark configuration file.

  1. Open the Shaark configuration file with your preferred text editor:
sudo nano /var/www/html/shaark/config/config.yml

  1. Set the secretKey and databaseUrl values according to your preferences.

  2. Save and close the file.

Step 4: Start Shaark

Finally, we can start the Shaark service:

  1. Restart the Apache web server:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
  1. Use the following command to start the Shaark service:
sudo php bin/shaark server:start

Now, you can access the Shaark web interface in your web browser by typing in the following URL: http://<your-server-ip>/shaark/public.

Conclusion

Shaark is now installed and running on your Fedora Server Latest. You can use it to analyze network traffic and troubleshoot network-related issues.