How to Install Simple-URL-Shortener on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Simple-URL-Shortener on Alpine Linux Latest from GitHub.

Prerequisites

• A server running Alpine Linux Latest.
• Root access to the server.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install Simple-URL-Shortener, we'll need to install some dependencies first. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:

apk add --no-cache mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-server-utils php7 php7-fpm php7-mysqli php7-json php7-gd php7-curl php7-mbstring php7-zip php7-simplexml supervisor curl git nginx

Step 2: Clone the Repository from GitHub

Run the following command to clone the Simple-URL-Shortener repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/azlux/Simple-URL-Shortener.git /var/www/html/Simple-URL-Shortener

Step 3: Configure the Database

Create a new database in MariaDB by running the following command:

mysql -u root -p

Once you're in the MySQL shell, create a new database by running the following query:

CREATE DATABASE urlshortener;

Next, create a user and grant privileges to the database. Replace <password> with a strong password:

CREATE USER 'urlshortener'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON urlshortener.* TO 'urlshortener'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 4: Configure Nginx and PHP

Run the following command to open the Nginx configuration file:

nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/Simple-URL-Shortener.conf

Add the following contents to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
  
    root /var/www/html/Simple-URL-Shortener/public;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;
    
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }
    
    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm7.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Save and close the file and then run the following command to open the PHP configuration file:

nano /etc/php7/php-fpm.d/www.conf

Find the following two lines:

;listen = 127.0.0.1:9000
;listen = /run/php-fpm7.sock

Uncomment the second line and change it to:

listen = /run/php-fpm7.sock

Save the file and exit.

Step 5: Configure Supervisor

Run the following command to create a Supervisor configuration file:

nano /etc/supervisor/conf.d/urlshortener.conf

Add the following contents to the file:

[program:urlshortener-worker]
process_name=%(program_name)s_%(process_num)02d
command=php /var/www/html/Simple-URL-Shortener/artisan queue:work --sleep=3 --tries=3 --daemon
user=www-data
numprocs=2
autostart=true
autorestart=true

Save the file and exit.

Step 6: Start the Services

Run the following commands to start the services:

service nginx restart
service php-fpm7 restart
supervisorctl reread
supervisorctl update
supervisorctl start urlshortener-worker:*

Step 7: Access Simple-URL-Shortener

To access Simple-URL-Shortener, go to http://<your_server's_ip_address>/admin on your web browser.

You'll be asked to log in. Enter the following login details:

Email: admin@example.com
Password: password

That's it! You're now ready to use Simple-URL-Shortener on Alpine Linux Latest.

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