Novu is a modern and lightweight web server that runs on FreeBSD. It's designed to be fast, secure, and easy to use. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps of installing Novu on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we start, you need to have the following:
Before we install Novu, let's update the system to make sure everything is up-to-date.
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
This command will update the package repositories and upgrade any outdated packages.
Novu requires some dependencies to be installed on the system. We'll install them using the following command:
sudo pkg install libev pkgconf
This command will install the libev and pkgconf packages.
Now, let's download and install Novu using the following commands:
sudo fetch -o /usr/local/bin/novu https://novu.co/download/novu_freebsd_amd64
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/novu
This command will download the Novu binary and save it in the /usr/local/bin directory. It will also make the binary executable.
Novu requires a configuration file to be created before it can be used. We'll create a basic configuration file using the following command:
sudo mkdir /etc/novu
sudo echo "listen 0.0.0.0:8080" > /etc/novu/novu.conf
This command will create a directory for the Novu configurations and create a simple configuration file with a listening address on port 8080.
Now that Novu is installed and configured, let's start it using the following command:
sudo novu -c /etc/novu/novu.conf
This command will start Novu with the configuration file we created in the previous step. You should see output indicating that Novu is running.
Finally, let's access the web page served by Novu by opening a web browser and entering the IP address of the FreeBSD server followed by port 8080 (e.g. http://192.168.1.100:8080). You should see a simple "Hello World" page served by Novu.
Congratulations, you've successfully installed Novu on FreeBSD Latest! Novu is now ready to serve web pages and handle incoming requests. To learn more about Novu, visit their website (https://novu.co/).
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