Liteshort is a lightweight URL shortener that allows you to create short links to share on social media platforms and other websites. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing Liteshort on MXLinux Latest.
Before we start the installation process, we need to ensure that all the necessary dependencies are installed on the system. To do this, open the terminal and execute the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git curl gnupg unzip supervisor build-essential
Now that we have all the dependencies installed on the system, let's proceed to clone the Liteshort repository. To do this, execute the following command:
git clone https://git.ikl.sh/132ikl/liteshort.git
This will download the Liteshort source code from the GitHub repository to the current working directory.
Once the Liteshort source code has been downloaded, navigate to the liteshort directory and execute the following command to install all the necessary dependencies:
cd liteshort
npm install --production
This will install all the required Node.js dependencies required to run Liteshort.
Now that we have all the dependencies installed, we need to configure Liteshort. Navigate to the config directory and rename the config.yml.example file to config.yml:
cd config
mv config.yml.example config.yml
Next, open the config.yml file using your preferred text editor and modify the following parameters to match your system configuration:
server:
host: "0.0.0.0" # Change the host IP address to your server's IP address
port: 3000 # Change the port number if necessary
database:
name: "liteshort" # Change the database name if necessary
user: "root" # Change the database username
password: "" # Change the database password
Save and exit the config.yml file.
Now that Liteshort has been configured, we can start the server. To do this, execute the following command:
npm start
This will start the Liteshort server and it should be accessible through a web browser by visiting http://localhost:3000.
To ensure that Liteshort starts automatically on system startup and is always running, we can set it up as a service using Supervisor. To do this, navigate to the /etc/supervisor/conf.d/ directory and create a new configuration file for Liteshort:
sudo nano liteshort.conf
Paste the following content into the file:
[program:liteshort]
directory=/path/to/liteshort
command=npm start
autostart=true
autorestart=true
stdout_logfile=/var/log/liteshort.log
stderr_logfile=/var/log/liteshort.err
user=your_username
Make sure to replace /path/to/liteshort and your_username with the actual path to the Liteshort directory and your system username, respectively.
Save and exit the file.
Finally, reload the Supervisor configuration and start the Liteshort service:
sudo supervisorctl reread
sudo supervisorctl start liteshort
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Liteshort on MXLinux Latest and set it up as a service. You can now create short links and share them with your friends and followers.
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