How to Install Restyaboard on Kali Linux

Restyaboard is an open-source and free Kanban board software designed to be used for project/team management. It can be easily installed on Kali Linux, which is a popular Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking operating system.

Prerequisites

Before installing Restyaboard on Kali Linux, you will need to have the following:

  • Kali Linux installed and updated to the latest version.
  • Apache server
  • PHP 7.0 or later with necessary extensions.
  • MySQL database server

Step 1: Install Apache

The first step is to install the Apache web server on Kali Linux. Apache is required to run PHP and serve web content.

To install Apache, open a terminal and type the following command:

sudo apt-get install apache2

After installation, enable Apache to start on boot:

sudo systemctl enable apache2

Finally, start the Apache service:

sudo systemctl start apache2

Step 2: Install MySQL

The next step is to install the MySQL database server. MySQL is the database required to store data for Restyaboard.

To install MySQL, open a terminal and type the following command:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

After installation, enable MySQL to start on boot:

sudo systemctl enable mysqld

Next, start the MySQL service:
```sh
sudo systemctl start mysqld

Step 3: Install PHP and Necessary Extensions

Restyaboard requires PHP 7.0 or later with some necessary extensions such as gd, curl, mbstring, and zip.

To install PHP and extensions, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install php php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-zip

After installation, restart Apache to reload PHP:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 4: Install Restyaboard

Now, you can go ahead to install Restyaboard by following the steps below:

  1. Go to Restyaboard github page and download the latest version of the software: https://github.com/RestyaPlatform/board/releases/latest
  2. Extract the downloaded file to /var/www/html/restyaboard directory.
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/restyaboard
sudo unzip board-<version-number>.zip -d /var/www/html/restyaboard
  1. Change ownership of the restyaboard directory to the web server user (www-data):
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/restyaboard
  1. Create a new database and user for Restyaboard:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE restyaboard CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
CREATE USER 'restya'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON restyaboard.* TO 'restya'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
  1. Rename “config.default.php” to “config.php” in /var/www/html/restyaboard/application/config directory.
cd /var/www/html/restyaboard/application/config
sudo mv config.default.php config.php
  1. Edit the config.php file in your preferred text editor:
sudo nano /var/www/html/restyaboard/application/config/config.php

Set proper values for DBNAME, DBUSER, DBPASSWORD with the database name and user credentials you created in step 4.

$config['mysqlHostname'] = 'localhost';
$config['mysqlDatabase'] = 'restyaboard';
$config['mysqlUsername'] = 'restya';
$config['mysqlPassword'] = 'your-password';

Save and close the file (Ctrl+X, Y, ENTER).

Step 5: Access Restyaboard

Finally, open your browser and go to “http://localhost/restyaboard” or “http://IP_address/restyaboard”

You will see Restyaboard welcome screen where you need to create an admin account and sign in to start using the application.

Great! If you followed these steps correctly, you should now have Restyaboard installed and running on your Kali Linux operating system.