How to Install Liteshort on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Liteshort, a lightweight URL shortener, on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

• A NetBSD installation with root access
• Git installed on your system

Step 1: Clone the repository

First, we need to clone the Liteshort repository from its source.

$ git clone https://git.ikl.sh/132ikl/liteshort.git

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Liteshort requires the following dependencies to be installed on our system:

• Node.js
• MariaDB

We can install Node.js and MariaDB using the following command:

$ pkgin install nodejs mariadb-server

Once the installation is complete, we need to enable the MariaDB server:

# /etc/rc.d/mysqld start

Step 3: Configure Database

Next, we will create a database for Liteshort and grant privileges to a user on this database.

$ mysql -u root -p

Enter the MariaDB root password when prompted. Then, create a new database and a new user with the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE liteshort;
CREATE USER 'liteshort_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_liteshort_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON liteshort.* TO 'liteshort_user'@'localhost';

You can replace "your_liteshort_password" with a strong password of your choice.

Step 4: Configure the application

Copy the sample configuration file to the configuration file:

$ cp config.sample.json config.json

Edit the configuration file to match your database credentials:

{
  "database": {
    "host": "localhost",
    "name": "liteshort",
    "user": "liteshort_user",
    "password": "your_liteshort_password"
  },
  "app": {
    "port": 3000,
    "base_url": "https://yourdomain.com",
    "default_length": 6 
  }
}

Step 5: Start the application

We are now ready to start the Liteshort application:

$ npm start

If everything is configured correctly, the application should start running on port 3000.

You can access it by navigating to http://yourserverip:3000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Liteshort on NetBSD by cloning the repository, installing the dependencies, configuring the database, configuring the application, and starting it.

You can now start using Liteshort to shorten URLs on your own NetBSD server.