ShortURL is an open-source URL shortener written in Python. It is designed to be lightweight and easy to use.
In this tutorial, we will walk you through the step-by-step instructions on how to install ShortURL on FreeBSD Latest.
Before starting with the installation, make sure that the following tools and packages are installed on your FreeBSD system:
You can install these packages using the following command:
sudo pkg install python37 git
To start the installation process, you need to clone the ShortURL repository to your FreeBSD Latest machine.
You can do this by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/prologic/shorturl.git
Once the repository is cloned successfully, navigate to the shorturl directory using the following command:
cd shorturl
ShortURL has several dependencies that need to be installed before starting the application. You can install them using the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Before you can start using ShortURL, you need to configure it. To do this, you need to create a .env file in the shorturl directory and add the following lines:
APP_SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:password@host:port/dbname
Replace your_secret_key, user, password, host, port, and dbname with the appropriate values for your environment.
ShortURL uses PostgreSQL as its backend database. You need to create a new database and user for ShortURL.
To create a new database, run the following command:
psql -U postgres -c 'CREATE DATABASE shorturl;'
To create a new user, run the following command:
psql -U postgres -c "CREATE USER shorturl WITH PASSWORD 'your_password';"
Replace your_password with a strong and secure password.
Finally, grant all privileges to the new user on the ShortURL database using the following command:
psql -U postgres -c 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE shorturl TO shorturl;'
After configuring the application and creating the database, you can run ShortURL using the following command:
python3.7 run.py
By default, ShortURL listens on port 8080. You can access the application by visiting http://your_server_ip:8080 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install ShortURL on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start using ShortURL as your URL shortener. Happy coding!
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