LittleLink Custom is a URL shortener that allows you to create custom short links for your website or application. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing LittleLink Custom on Debian Latest.
Before you proceed with the installation, make sure that you have the following:
Log in to your server using SSH and run the following command to update the server:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
This will update your Debian system to the latest available packages and their dependencies.
To install LittleLink Custom on Debian, we need to install some dependencies first. Run the following command to install the required packages:
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm mongodb -y
After installing the required packages, we can start installing LittleLink Custom on Debian. Follow the steps below:
First, download LittleLink Custom from their official website with the following command:
wget https://github.com/littlelink/littlelink/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
Next, unzip the downloaded file with the following command:
unzip main.zip
Once you've extracted the files, navigate to the LittleLink Custom directory with the following command:
cd littlelink-main
Before we can run LittleLink Custom, we need to install some dependencies. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
npm install
LittleLink Custom uses MongoDB as its database. Run the following commands to start the MongoDB service and create a new database for LittleLink Custom:
sudo systemctl start mongodb
sudo systemctl enable mongodb
mongo
use littlelink
exit
To configure LittleLink Custom, copy the example configuration file with the following command:
cp .env.example .env
Then, open the configuration file with your preferred text editor and configure the settings according to your needs:
nano .env
Finally, start LittleLink Custom with the following command:
npm run start
This will start the LittleLink Custom web server. You can access it by visiting http://your-server-ip:3000 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install LittleLink Custom on Debian Latest. LittleLink Custom is now ready to use, and you can create your custom short links.
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