How to Install Atomic Server on OpenBSD

The Atomic Server is an implementation of the Atomic Data Protocol. It is written in Rust and can be installed on OpenBSD using the following steps:

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your OpenBSD system:

• Rust (version 1.51 or later recommended, can be installed from OpenBSD’s packages)
• Cargo (Rust's package manager, also available from OpenBSD’s packages)
• OpenSSL (can be installed from OpenBSD’s packages)

Clone the Repository

Clone the Atomic Server repository from GitHub:

$ git clone https://github.com/atomicdata-dev/atomic-data-rust.git

Configure the Environment

Navigate into the atomic-data-rust directory that was just created and run the following command to configure the environment:

$ cargo install cargo-configure

Create a .env file in the root directory of the cloned repository and add the following content:

ATOMIC_SERVER_PORT=3010
ATOMIC_SERVER_CERT_PATH=/path/to/ssl/cert.pem
ATOMIC_SERVER_KEY_PATH=/path/to/ssl/key.pem

Replace the paths with the actual paths to your SSL certificate and key files.

Build and Run the Server

Build and run the server using the following commands:

$ cargo build --release
$ cargo run --bin atomic-server

The server should now be up and running on port 3010.

Test the Installation

To check whether the server is running correctly, open a web browser and visit http://localhost:3010/.

You should see a web page displaying the Atomic Server API documentation.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed the Atomic Server on OpenBSD and are ready to use the Atomic Data Protocol!

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