How to Install OpenNote on Kali Linux Latest

OpenNote is an open-source note-taking app that you can easily self-host, and it is a great alternative to Evernote or Google Keep. In this tutorial, we'll guide you step by step on how to install OpenNote on Kali Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

• A Kali Linux Latest instance
• sudo access or root access

Installation Steps

Step 1: Install LAMP Stack

Before installing OpenNote, we need to install the LAMP stack. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Enter the following command to install the LAMP stack:

sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php unzip

Step 2: Configure MariaDB

Next, we need to log in to the MariaDB database server with the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter your root password when prompted. Once you're in the MariaDB prompt, create a new database for OpenNote:

CREATE DATABASE opennota;

Create a new database user and grant them permissions to access the database:

GRANT ALL ON opennota.* TO 'opennota_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Replace 'password' with a strong password that you'll remember. Then, flush your privileges and exit the MariaDB prompt:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Step 3: Download & Extract OpenNote

Go to the OpenNote GitHub repository here and download the latest release. Once you've downloaded the ZIP file, extract it to the /var/www/html folder with the following command:

sudo unzip OpenNote-vX.X.X.zip -d /var/www/html

Replace X.X.X with the version number you downloaded.

Step 4: Configure OpenNote

Change folder permission:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/opennote/*

Open the config file for editing:

sudo nano /var/www/html/opennote/config.php

Set the database name, database username, and database password that you created in Step 2:

define('DB_NAME', 'opennota');
define('DB_USER', 'opennota_user');
define('DB_PASS', 'password');

Replace 'password' with the password you created for the 'opennota_user' database user.

Save and exit the file.

Set the folder permission:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/opennote/

Step 5: Configure Apache

Create a new VirtualHost for OpenNote by creating a new configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/opennote.conf

Add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/opennote
  ServerName example.com
  ServerAlias www.example.com

  <Directory /var/www/html/opennote>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
  </Directory>

  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Replace 'example.com' with your own domain or IP address.

Enable the new VirtualHost:

sudo a2ensite opennote.conf

Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:

sudo service apache2 restart

Step 6: Finish the Installation

Go to your website or IP address and complete the installation process by following the on-screen instructions.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install OpenNote on Kali Linux Latest. OpenNote is a great note-taking app that you can easily self-host and customize. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments below.