How to Install Caddy on NetBSD

Caddy is a modern, full-featured open-source web server that is easy to use, fast, and secure. This tutorial explains how to install Caddy on NetBSD.

Requirements

You need a NetBSD VPS or server running the latest version of NetBSD:

• NetBSD 9.x
• NetBSD 10.x
• NetBSD 11.x

Install Caddy on NetBSD

To install Caddy on NetBSD, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal or SSH session to your NetBSD VPS or server.

2. Download the latest version of Caddy by running the following command:

# fetch https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/releases/download/v2.4.1/caddy_2.4.1_netbsd_amd64.tar.gz

Note: Make sure to replace v2.4.1 with the latest version of caddy available.

3. Extract the downloaded tar.gz archive by running the following command:

# tar -xvf caddy_2.4.1_netbsd_amd64.tar.gz

Note: Replace v2.4.1 with the downloaded version of caddy.

4. Move the caddy binary to /usr/local/bin/ directory by running the following command:

# mv caddy /usr/local/bin/

5. Set the correct permissions on the caddy binary by running the following command:

# chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/caddy

6. Caddy installation is complete, to verify it run the following command:

# caddy version

This will display the installed version of caddy on your NetBSD machine.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Caddy on NetBSD. Now you can use caddy to serve your websites securely and efficiently.

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