Liteshort is a self-hosted URL shortening and forwarding service which is easy to use, and lightweight. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Liteshort on Debian Latest.
Before starting the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to install the required packages which are necessary to install Liteshort. Open the terminal and run the following command to update the package lists:
sudo apt-get update
Next, install the required packages by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install git nodejs npm
Now that we have the required packages, we can proceed with cloning the Liteshort repository from Git. Run the following command to clone the Liteshort repository:
git clone https://git.ikl.sh/132ikl/liteshort.git
This command will create a new directory named liteshort in your current directory which will contain all the Liteshort files.
Once the repository has been cloned, navigate to the liteshort directory by running:
cd liteshort
Now, install Liteshort by running the following command:
sudo npm install
This command will install all the necessary dependencies for Liteshort.
Before you can start using Liteshort, you will need to configure it. To configure Liteshort, copy the configuration file by running the following command:
cp config-sample.js config.js
Next, edit the configuration file config.js and modify the settings according to your requirements. You can open the configuration file using a text editor like nano:
nano config.js
Set the options as per your needs and save the file.
After configuring Liteshort, you can start the service by running the following command:
sudo node index.js
This command will start the Liteshort service on your device.
To test if Liteshort is working correctly, open your web browser and visit localhost:3000. You should see the Liteshort dashboard, which will indicate that Liteshort has been successfully installed and configured.
With that, you have successfully installed Liteshort on Debian Latest.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Liteshort on Debian Latest. We went through the process of installing the required packages, cloning the repository, installing Liteshort, configuring Liteshort, and finally starting the Liteshort service. If everything went as expected, you should now have a functioning instance of Liteshort.
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