Hiawatha is a lightweight web server with focus on security. Alpine Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution that is well suited for running containers. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Hiawatha on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we proceed, please make sure that you have the following installed in your system:
Update the package index and upgrade the existing packages.
apk update
apk upgrade
Install the Hiawatha package.
apk add hiawatha
Stop the Hiawatha service.
rc-service hiawatha stop
Configure Hiawatha.
Open the Hiawatha configuration file using your preferred text editor.
nano /etc/hiawatha/hiawatha.conf
Here are some of the changes that you may want to make:
After making the changes, save the file and exit the text editor.
Start the Hiawatha service.
rc-service hiawatha start
You may verify that the service is running by checking the status.
rc-service hiawatha status
The output should indicate that the service is running.
* status: started
Verify that Hiawatha is working.
Open a web browser and navigate to the IP address or hostname of your Alpine Linux server on the port number that you specified in the Hiawatha configuration file. You should see the default Hiawatha page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Hiawatha on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now configure it further depending on your requirements.
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