How to Install MiniServe on Alpine Linux Latest

MiniServe is a minimalistic static file server written in Rust that makes it easy to share files over HTTP. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing MiniServe on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing MiniServe, you need to have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Alpine Linux Latest
• Rust programming language (version 1.41 or higher)
• Cargo package manager

Step 1: Update Your System

First, update your system’s package manager by running the following command:

apk update && apk upgrade

Step 2: Install Rust and Cargo

You’ll need Rust and Cargo installed on your system to build and run MiniServe. To install those, run the following command:

apk add rust cargo

Step 3: Install MiniServe

1. Clone the MiniServe Git repository from GitHub using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve.git
   

2. Change the directory to the cloned repository using the following command:

   cd miniserve
   

3. Compile and build the MiniServe binary using Cargo:

   cargo build --release
   

4. Once the build is complete, you will be able to find the MiniServe binary in the following directory:

   ./target/release/miniserve
   

5. Make the binary executable:

   chmod u+x ./target/release/miniserve
   

6. Next, you can move the binary to a directory in your PATH. For example, move the binary to the /usr/bin directory:

   sudo mv ./target/release/miniserve /usr/bin/miniserve
   

Step 4: Run MiniServe

After installing MiniServe, you can start serving files by running the following command:

miniserve /path/to/your/files

Replace /path/to/your/files with the path to the directory where your files are located.

You can now access the files through the web browser by typing in the IP address of the system where MiniServe is installed followed by the port number that MiniServe is listening to (by default, it listens on port 8080).

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we walked you through the steps of installing MiniServe on Alpine Linux Latest. Now you can easily share your static files over HTTP using MiniServe.

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