Before we begin, make sure that your Fedora Server is up-to-date with the latest patches and updates by running the following command:
sudo dnf update -y
Also, you should have administrative privileges to execute commands.
HttPlaceholder is a .NET Core-based application, so you need to install the .NET 5.0 runtime in your Fedora Server in order to run it.
To install the latest version of .NET 5.0 runtime, execute the following commands:
sudo rpm -Uvh https://packages.microsoft.com/config/fedora/34/packages-microsoft-prod.rpm
sudo dnf install dotnet-runtime-5.0 -y
This will download and install the latest version of .NET 5.0 runtime on your Fedora Server.
Now, we will download the latest release of HttPlaceholder from GitHub.
Navigate to the HttPlaceholder GitHub page at https://github.com/dukeofharen/httplaceholder/releases and download the latest build of HttPlaceholder by selecting the .zip file.
After downloading the file, extract it to a folder on your Fedora Server, for example: /opt/HttPlaceholder.
sudo mkdir /opt/HttPlaceholder
sudo unzip httplaceholder-2.6.0.zip -d /opt/HttPlaceholder
Replace httplaceholder-2.6.0.zip with the actual name of the HttPlaceholder .zip file you downloaded.
Now that you have installed HttPlaceholder, you can run it using the dotnet command.
Navigate to the HttPlaceholder directory, and run the following command to start the application:
cd /opt/HttPlaceholder
sudo dotnet HttPlaceholder.Api.dll
This will start the HttPlaceholder application on port 5000 by default. You can access the application by going to http://localhost:5000 in your web browser.
You should see an output similar to the following:
Hosting environment: Production
Content root path: /opt/HttPlaceholder
Now listening on: https://localhost:5001
Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
You can stop the application by pressing CTRL+C.
If you want to run HttPlaceholder as a service, you can create a systemd service file.
Create a file named httplaceholder.service in the /etc/systemd/system/ directory by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/httplaceholder.service
And paste the following content:
[Unit]
Description=HttPlaceholder
After=network.target
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/HttPlaceholder
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dotnet /opt/HttPlaceholder/HttPlaceholder.Api.dll
Restart=always
SyslogIdentifier=httplaceholder
User=your_username
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Change your_username with yours.
Save and close the file.
Then, reload the systemd daemon and start the HttPlaceholder service by running the following commands:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable httplaceholder.service
sudo systemctl start httplaceholder.service
You can check the status of the service by running:
sudo systemctl status httplaceholder.service
That's it! You have successfully installed HttPlaceholder on your Fedora Server. You can now start creating and managing your mock HTTP endpoints. Happy mocking!
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