How to Install Hiawatha on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Hiawatha is a lightweight web server that is designed to be secure and easy to use. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Hiawatha on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you should have the following:

Step 1: Update the System

The first step is to update the system. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo dnf update

This command will update all the packages installed on your system to the latest version.

Step 2: Install Hiawatha

To install Hiawatha on Fedora CoreOS Latest, you will need to add the Hiawatha repository to your system and install the package.

Add Hiawatha Repository

Run the following command to add the Hiawatha repository to your system:

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/steffenhoehle:/hiawatha/Fedora_34/home:steffenhoehle:hiawatha.repo

Install Hiawatha Package

After adding the Hiawatha repository, you can install the Hiawatha package using the following command:

sudo dnf install hiawatha

Step 3: Configure Hiawatha

The default configuration file for Hiawatha is located at /etc/hiawatha/hiawatha.conf. You can modify this file to configure Hiawatha according to your needs.

Some of the important settings that you might want to configure in this file include:

You can refer to the official Hiawatha documentation for details on configuring Hiawatha.

Step 4: Start Hiawatha

After configuring Hiawatha, you can start the Hiawatha service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start hiawatha

To make sure that Hiawatha starts automatically on system startup, you can run the following command:

sudo systemctl enable hiawatha

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Hiawatha on Fedora CoreOS Latest. You can now start using Hiawatha as your web server.

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