LinkWarden is a free and open source tool that provides a simple way to manage redirects and shortened URLs. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install LinkWarden on Alpine Linux.
Before installing LinkWarden, we need to install the required dependencies. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apk add --no-cache git curl build-base libressl-dev nodejs npm
This command will install the Git version control system, Curl, a build environment with the build-base package, libressl-dev for SSL support, and Node.js and NPM for installing the LinkWarden dependency.
Next, we need to clone the LinkWarden repository to our system. To do this, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/Daniel31x13/link-warden
This will create a local copy of the LinkWarden repository in a folder named "link-warden".
Before we can use LinkWarden, we need to install its dependencies by executing the following command:
cd link-warden
npm install
This command will install all the dependencies required by LinkWarden.
We need to configure LinkWarden before running it. To do this, we need to make a copy of the configuration file and edit it as follows:
cp .env.example .env
nano .env
This will copy the example configuration file and open it in the Nano editor. Edit the file as per your requirements.
Now that we have installed and configured LinkWarden, we can start it using the following command:
npm run start
This command will start LinkWarden on the default port (3000). You can access its interface by using a web browser and navigating to http://your_server_ip:3000.
To test if LinkWarden is working properly, try to create a new short URL and access it in a web browser. If LinkWarden is working properly, it should redirect you to the desired destination.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install LinkWarden on Alpine Linux. Installing and setting up LinkWarden is straightforward, and you should be able to get it running in no time.
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