How to Install Simply Shorten on Void Linux

Simply Shorten is a URL shortening service that can be self-hosted on your server. In this tutorial, we will be going through the steps to install Simply Shorten on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that:

• You have an active internet connection.
• You have a user account on your server with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

First, let’s update the package index and then install the required dependencies:

sudo xbps-install -Syuu git npm nodejs

Step 2: Clone Simply Shorten Repository

We can now clone the Simply Shorten repository using the following command:

cd ~/
git clone https://gitlab.com/draganczukp/simply-shorten.git

Step 3: Install Simply Shorten

We can use npm to install the required packages and start Simply Shorten:

cd simply-shorten/
npm install
npm run start

Simply Shorten will now be listening on http://localhost:3000/.

Step 4: Configure Simply Shorten

You can configure Simply Shorten by changing the values in the .env file in the root directory of Simply Shorten.

nano .env

Here, you can change the value of DB_CONNECTION_STRING to your preferred database connection string, and APP_URL to the domain name of your site.

Save and exit the file once you have made the necessary changes.

Step 5: Testing Simply Shorten

You can test Simply Shorten by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000/. You should see the Simply Shorten page.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Simply Shorten on Void Linux. You can now start customizing your URL shortening service.