How to Install Trusted-CGI on NixOS Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Trusted-CGI on NixOS Latest, using the source code available on GitHub.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, please ensure that you have the following:

  • A computer running NixOS Latest
  • An internet connection

Step 1: Installing Git

Trusted-CGI must be downloaded from its source code repository on GitHub, so we need to install Git to access it.

  1. Open a terminal session on your NixOS machine.
  2. Run the following command to update the package manager:
sudo nix-channel --update
  1. Install Git package. You can do this by running:
sudo nix-env -i git
  1. Verify if Git is installed by running the following command:
git --version

If git is successfully installed, you should see output displaying the version number, such as git version 2.36.1.

Step 2: Cloning the Trusted-CGI Repository

Now that Git is installed, we can download the Trusted-CGI source code by cloning its repository.

  1. In the terminal session, navigate to the directory where you want to place the source code. For example, to create a new directory called trusted-cgi in your home directory, run:
cd ~
mkdir trusted-cgi
cd trusted-cgi
  1. Run the following command to clone the Trusted-CGI repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/reddec/trusted-cgi.git

Step 3: Installing Trusted-CGI

After cloning the repository, we need to build and install Trusted-CGI.

  1. Navigate to the trusted-cgi directory:
cd trusted-cgi
  1. Run the following command to build and install Trusted-CGI:
nix-build
  1. If the installation is successful, you will see output similar to the following:
/nix/store/xnmryz7xz0n8l1smg6xhz0n146s7n2k8-trusted-cgi-1.0.0

This indicates that the installation was successful and the build output can be found in the /nix/store directory.

Step 4: Validating the Installation

Now that Trusted-CGI is installed, we can verify that it is working properly by running a simple script.

  1. Navigate to the examples directory inside the trusted-cgi directory:
cd trusted-cgi/examples
  1. Run the following command to start the CGI server:
./server.sh

  1. In a web browser, navigate to http://localhost:8080/hello.sh.

  2. If everything is working properly, you should see the output Hello World! displayed in your browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Trusted-CGI on NixOS Latest, and are now ready to use it to deploy secure web applications.