How to Install Woodpecker on Kali Linux

Woodpecker is a popular Continuous Integration (CI) tool that can be used to automatically test and deploy code changes. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Woodpecker on Kali Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• Kali Linux installed
• A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Docker

Woodpecker requires Docker to be installed on your system. If you already have Docker installed, you can skip this step.

To install Docker, open a terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt-get install docker.io -y

Once the installation is complete, start the Docker service by running:

sudo systemctl start docker

Step 2: Download Woodpecker

Next, we need to download the Woodpecker Docker image. To do this, we will use the docker pull command.

Open a terminal and run the following command:

sudo docker pull woodpecker/woodpecker

Step 3: Start Woodpecker

Once the download is complete, we can start the Woodpecker Docker container. To do this, we will use the docker run command.

Open a terminal and run the following commands:

sudo docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -v /var/lib/woodpecker:/var/lib/woodpecker --name woodpecker woodpecker/woodpecker

This command will start the Woodpecker Docker container in detached mode (-d) and map port 8080 of the container to port 8080 of the host machine (-p 8080:8080). It also creates a volume to store the Woodpecker data (-v /var/lib/woodpecker:/var/lib/woodpecker) and gives the container a name (-name woodpecker).

Step 4: Access Woodpecker

With Woodpecker now running, you can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Woodpecker on Kali Linux. You can now use this powerful tool to automate your software development workflow.