Installing goshorly on NetBSD

Goshorly is an open-source URL shortener written in Go. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing goshorly on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• NetBSD system with root access
• Go programming language installed on your system
• Git installed on your system

Step 1: Clone the repository

The first step is to clone the goshorly repository from the Git server. Open the terminal and run the following command:

git clone https://gitea.hackmi.ch/Phil/goshorly.git

This command will fetch the latest source code of goshorly and clone it on your system.

Step 2: Build the project

After cloning the repository, navigate into the project directory using the terminal:

cd goshorly

Now, you can build the project using the following command:

go build

This command will compile the source code and generate a binary file in the same directory.

Step 3: Configure the application

The next step is to configure the application. The configuration file is located in the conf/ directory. You can copy the example configuration file and make changes according to your needs using the following command:

cp conf/example.json conf/config.json

Now, open the configuration file using a text editor and make the necessary changes.

Step 4: Run the application

After configuring the application, you can run it using the following command:

./goshorly -config conf/config.json

This command will start the goshorly application, and it will be available at http://localhost:8080.

Step 5: Create a service for goshorly

To start goshorly automatically on system startup, you can create a service for it. Create a new file called goshorly.service in the /etc/rc.d/ directory and paste the following content:

#!/bin/sh
#
# PROVIDE: goshorly
# REQUIRE: NETWORKING
# KEYWORD: shutdown
#
# Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable goshorly:
#
# goshorly_enable="YES"
#

. /etc/rc.subr

name="goshorly"
rcvar=${name}_enable

command="/usr/local/bin/goshorly"
command_args="-config /path/to/config"
pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
start_cmd="goshorly_start"
stop_cmd="goshorly_stop"
status_cmd="goshorly_status"

goshorly_start() {
    ${command} ${command_args} &
    echo $! >> ${pidfile}
}

goshorly_stop() {
    pkill -F ${pidfile}
    rm -f ${pidfile}
}

goshorly_status() {
    pgrep -qf ${command} > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "Running" || echo "Not Running"
}

load_rc_config ${name}
run_rc_command "$1"

Replace /path/to/config with the path to your configuration file.

After creating the file, make it executable using the following command:

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/goshorly.service

Now, you can start the service using the following command:

service goshorly start

This command will start the goshorly service, and it will automatically start on system boot.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully installed goshorly on NetBSD. You can now use it as your URL shortener.

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