How to Install Hiawatha on FreeBSD Latest

Hiawatha is a lightweight, secure, and easy-to-configure web server designed for speed and security. It supports FastCGI, SCGI, and HTTP/1.1 with TLS and SNI. In this tutorial, we will be installing Hiawatha on the latest version of FreeBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we start, please ensure that you have the following:

• Access to FreeBSD with sudo or as the root user
• A reliable internet connection
• A text editor

Steps

1. Update the FreeBSD package repository:

sudo pkg update

2. Install the Hiawatha server package:

sudo pkg install hiawatha

3. Hiawatha configuration files are located in "/usr/local/etc/hiawatha/." To make changes to the configuration, use the "hiawatha.conf" file:

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/hiawatha/hiawatha.conf

4. Locate the "BINDING" configuration parameter, which specifies which IP address and port the Hiawatha server will listen on. You need to change the IP address to your server's IP address, and let the port be the default 80.

Binding {
    Port = 80
    Host = SERVER_IP
    MaxRequestSize = 16384
}

5. After making changes, save and exit the file.

6. Start Hiawatha using the following command:

sudo service hiawatha start

7. Verify that the Hiawatha server is running by visiting your server's IP address in a web browser. You should see the default Hiawatha homepage.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Hiawatha on FreeBSD. You can now configure the server to serve your web applications.

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