How to Install Goshorly on FreeBSD Latest

Goshorly is an open-source URL shortener developed in Go. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Goshorly on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Goshorly, you must have the following prerequisites on your system:

  • FreeBSD Latest installed and configured
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Git

To install Goshorly, we need to install Git, a version control system that will help us in cloning the Goshorly repository.

  1. Run the following command to update the package repository index:
$ sudo pkg update
  1. Install Git by running the following command:
$ sudo pkg install -y git

Step 2: Clone Goshorly Repository

  1. Create a directory to store the Goshorly files by running the following command:
$ mkdir ~/goshorly
  1. Change directory to the goshorly directory:
$ cd ~/goshorly
  1. Clone the Goshorly repository from GitHub by running the following command:
$ git clone https://gitea.hackmi.ch/Phil/goshorly.git

Step 3: Build and Run Goshorly

  1. Change directory to the Goshorly repository directory:
$ cd ~/goshorly/goshorly
  1. Build the Goshorly application by running the following command:
$ go build
  1. Run the Goshorly application by executing the goshorly binary:
$ ./goshorly
  1. By default, Goshorly listens on port 8080. You can access it by visiting http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Step 4: Configure Goshorly

Goshorly has several configuration options that you can set to customize your installation. The configuration file is located at ~/goshorly/goshorly/config.toml.

You can edit this file and change the necessary settings according to your requirements.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Goshorly on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use Goshorly to shorten your URLs and share them with others.