How to Install Davis on NetBSD

Davis is a lightweight HTTP server written in Go language. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Davis on NetBSD, step-by-step.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following requirements met:

  • A NetBSD machine
  • Internet connectivity
  • Access to the root user account or a user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Go

First, we need to install Go on our NetBSD machine.

  1. Update the package repository on your system.

    sudo pkgin update

  2. Install Go package by running the following command:

    sudo pkgin install go

  3. Once the installation is successful, verify the Go installation by running the following command:

    go version

    You should see the Go version on your console output.

Step 2: Install Davis

After installing Go, we can proceed to install Davis on NetBSD:

  1. Clone the Davis repository on your machine:

    git clone https://github.com/tchapi/davis.git

  2. Go to the Davis directory using the following command:

    cd davis/

  3. Build the Davis package using the following command:

    go build

  4. Once the build is successful, you can run the Davis server with its default settings.

    ./davis

    You should see that the Davis server starts running on your machine with its default settings.

Step 3: Configure Davis

To configure Davis, we need to create a configuration file. You can copy the sample configuration file config.json.sample and rename it to config.json.

  1. Copy the sample configuration file using the following command:

    cp config.json.sample config.json

  2. Open the config.json file.

    nano config.json

  3. Modify the configuration file as per your requirements. You can change the Bind and Port values to use a different IP address or port. You can also specify the path to the directory you want to serve.

  4. Once you save the configuration file, you can start Davis using the following command:

    ./davis -c config.json

    You should see that the Davis server starts running with the specified configuration.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Davis on NetBSD. Additionally, we learned how to configure Davis using a configuration file to run with custom settings.