Snippet Box is a simple and lightweight web application for storing and managing code snippets. It is written in Go, and can be easily installed on various operating systems, including NetBSD.
In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install and set up Snippet Box on a NetBSD system.
Before installing Snippet Box, ensure that your NetBSD system has the following:
Clone the Snippet Box repository
First, open a terminal window and navigate to a directory where you want to install Snippet Box. Then, use the git clone command to clone the Snippet Box repository from GitHub:
$ cd /usr/local/src
$ git clone https://github.com/pawelmalak/snippet-box.git
Build Snippet Box
Once the repository has been cloned, navigate to the snippet-box directory and use the go build command to build the Snippet Box binary:
$ cd snippet-box
$ go build
Set up the database
Snippet Box uses a SQLite database to store snippets. You can either create a new database or use an existing one. To create a new database, run the following command:
$ touch snippets.db
Configure Snippet Box
Snippet Box can be configured using environment variables or a configuration file. For simplicity, we will use environment variables. Set the following environment variables:
$ export SNIPPETBOX_SECRET_KEY=somesecretkey
$ export SNIPPETBOX_DATABASE_DRIVER=sqlite3
$ export SNIPPETBOX_DATABASE_CONN_STRING=./snippets.db
Start Snippet Box
Finally, use the ./snippet-box command to start Snippet Box:
$ ./snippet-box
Snippet Box should now be running on http://localhost:4000.
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps required to install and set up Snippet Box on a NetBSD system. Snippet Box is now ready to be customized and extended to meet your needs.
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