liteshort">Liteshort is a minimalist URL shortener that is built on top of Flask and SQLite. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Liteshort on FreeBSD Latest.
Before you start, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
Liteshort requires Python 3.6 or higher to be installed. You can install the latest version of Python using the following command:
sudo pkg install python36
Once the installation is complete, you can verify the Python version by running the following command:
python3.6 -V
You need to install Git to be able to clone the Liteshort repository. Run the following command to install Git:
sudo pkg install git
Next, you need to clone the Liteshort repository from GitHub. Run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://git.ikl.sh/132ikl/liteshort.git
Liteshort requires several dependencies to work correctly. You can install them using pip, the Python package manager. Run the following command to install the dependencies:
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
After installing the dependencies, you need to configure Liteshort. You can find the configuration file in config-default.py. Copy this file to config.py:
cp config-default.py config.py
Then, open the config.py file in a text editor and update the settings to match your preferences. At a minimum, you should update the SECRET_KEY setting to a random string.
Finally, you can start Liteshort by running the following command:
python3.6 app.py
The default port for Liteshort is 5000, so you should be able to access Liteshort by visiting http://localhost:5000 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Liteshort on FreeBSD Latest. Now, you can start using Liteshort to shorten your URLs!
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